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MUTISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The condition of being unable or unwilling to speak
Example:
her muteness was a consequence of her deafness
Synonyms:
muteness; mutism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("mutism" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mutism"):
deaf-muteness; deaf-mutism (congenital deafness that results in inability to speak)
