Associations to the word «Mutism»

Wiktionary

MUTISM, noun. A psychological disorder in which the sufferer cannot speak in certain situations.

Dictionary definition

MUTISM, noun. The condition of being unable or unwilling to speak; "her muteness was a consequence of her deafness".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King