Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of being a deaf-mute.
- noun A usage in speech or writing that is peculiar to deaf-mutes.
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- noun congenital deafness that results in inability to speak
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Examples
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Some neurodevelopmental problems, such as extreme mental retardation and deaf-mutism, can be prevented or at least mitigated with postnatal hormone treatment.
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-- The condition known as deaf-mutism is due to innate defect in about half of all cases.
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In consequence has been the belief that if there were proper regulation of certain marriages, especially of the deaf and of others suffering from particular maladies, "deaf-mutism", which is looked upon as an excrescence upon society, would in the course of a short time be stamped out.
The Deaf Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their Education in the United States Harry Best
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The same may be said of feigned insanity, aphonia, deaf-mutism, and loss of memory.
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The disastrous influence of such unions is exerted on the nervous system more than any other, and is a prolific source of deaf-mutism, blindness, idiocy, and insanity.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862 Various
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Some attention has been given to the study of effects upon mentality and personality of physical defects such as deaf-mutism and blindness.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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Since deaf-mutism is common among the poor, it is probable that the number of Catholic deaf is much larger.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Ordinary forms of degeneracy that are well recognized are feeble-mindedness, chronic insanity, chronic epilepsy, congenital deaf-mutism, habitual pauperism, and the like.
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My impression was that there were several cases of deaf-mutism in the village.
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
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Goitre, deaf-mutism, and imbecility, all are fearfully common, and all are relatedly due to the drinking water.
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
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