mutism

mutism

English

Etymology

From French mutisme, from Latin mutus (“mute”).

Noun

mutism (countable and uncountable, plural mutisms)

1. A psychological disorder in which the sufferer cannot speak in certain situations.

Derived terms

• selective mutism

Related terms

• mute

Translations

psychological disorder

Bulgarian: немота (bg) f (nemota) Catalan: mutisme (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 緘默症／缄默症 (zh) (jiānmòzhèng) Czech: mutismus m Dutch: mutisme (nl) n Finnish: mutismi (fi) French: mutisme (fr) m German: Mutismus (de) m Hungarian: mutizmus Italian: mutismo (it) m Japanese: 緘黙症 (かんもくしょう, kanmokushō), 無言症 (むごんしょう, mugonshō) Korean: 함묵증(緘默症) (hammukjeung), 함구증(緘口症) (hamgujeung), 무언증(無言症) (mueonjeung) Old English: dumbnes f Polish: mutyzm m Portuguese: mutismo m Spanish: mutismo (es) m Swedish: mutism c

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Romanian

Etymology

From French mutisme.

Noun

mutism n (uncountable)

1. muteness

Declension

declension of mutism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mutism	mutismul
genitive/dative	(unui) mutism	mutismului
vocative	mutismule

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Swedish

Noun

mutism c

1. mutism

Declension

Declension of mutism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mutism	mutismen	—	—
Genitive	mutisms	mutismens	—	—

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