選せん択たく性せい緘かん黙もく

noun

selective mutism

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

• 選せん択たく性せい緘かん黙もくの子こどもは、家いえでは話はなせるのに学がっ校こうでは話はなせないことがある。

  A child with selective mutism may be able to speak at home but not at school.

• 選せん択たく性せい緘かん黙もくは、場ば面めん緘かん黙もく症しょうとも呼よばれる。

  Selective mutism is also called situational mutism.