mutist

noun

mutist

noun

Etymology From mute + -ist.

1

One who exhibits mutism.

The parents of elective mutists often feel alienated from one another.1999, Sheila Spasaro, Charles E. Schaefer, Refusal to Speak: Treatment of Selective Mutism in Children, page 199:

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