mutism – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
mutism
n.
pathological refusal to speak, inability to speak (Psychology)
Muteness
Muteness or
mutism is an inability to speak often caused by a
speech disorder, hearing loss, or surgery. Someone who is mute may be so due to the unwillingness to speak in certain social situations.
mutism
Noun
1. the condition of being unable or unwilling to speak
(hypernym) condition, status
(hyponym) deaf-mutism, deaf-muteness
Mutism
(n.)
The condition, state, or habit of being mute, or without speech.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
mutism
v. muţenie
fig. stubborn silence
