Deaf-mutism n. : The condition of being a deaf-mute.

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Deaf-mute is a derogatory term, was a term historically used by hearing people to identify a person who was deaf and could not speak. ... The character Singer in the novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, written in 1940, is referred to as a deaf-mute multiple times. ...