A clinical term for an anxiety disorder where a person who can speak fails to speak in specific social situations. Often discussed in medical, psychological, or educational contexts.
See also: 場面緘黙症
A child with selective mutism may be able to speak at home but not at school.
Selective mutism is also called situational mutism.
Synonymous term for selective mutism; 場面緘黙症 is also used in clinical settings.
Compound of 選択性 (selectivity) and 緘黙 (mutism), a medical term likely calqued from English 'selective mutism'.