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elective mutism
Noun
dated
form-of
uncountable
(clinical
psychology,
psychiatry)
Dated
form
of
selective
mutism
(“A
severe
anxiety
disorder
characterized
by
a
total
inability
to
speak
in
some
social
settings”).
In
the
past,
some
clinicians
erroneously
believed
that
individuals
with
elective
mutism
chose
to
remain
silent
in
some
social
situations
as
an
act
of
defiance.
Contrary
to
what
was
once
believed,
the
inability
to
speak
(mutism)
is
involuntary,
thus
the
potentially
misleading
term
elective
mutism
has
largely
been
supplanted
by
selective
mutism.
Japanese Meaning
臨床心理学および精神医学の文脈で、かつて用いられた用語であり、選択性緘黙(selective mutism)の旧用語として、社交的な場面で全く話せなくなる重度の不安障害を指す。ただし、かつて一部の医師によって、故意に沈黙を選んでいると誤解されていたが、実際には無意識かつ不随意な症状である点が強調される
self-elective
self-elects
Verb
form-of
indicative
present
singular
third-person
Japanese Meaning
「self-elect」の三人称単数単純現在の直説法形です
self-elects
Noun
form-of
plural
Japanese Meaning
「self-elect」の複数形、すなわち自らを選出する者という意味の名詞の複数形です。
elective affinity
Noun
obsolete
dated
Japanese Meaning
(化学的、古い用法)物質が、他の物質よりも特に特定の物質と結合しやすい性質・傾向 / (時代遅れの用法)誰か、または何かに引かれる、または共感を覚える感情・傾向
Related Words
could not get elected dogcatcher
Phrase
US
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
政治家など、選挙で支持を得られず、人気がなく当選しにくい人物を指す表現。 / 公職に選ばれるための人気や支持がなく、失望させられた政治家を揶揄する意味。 / 政治家としての人気や信望が低く、実際の選挙で当選する可能性が極めて低い状態を示す。
sweat like a nigger on election day
Verb
ethnic
slur
Japanese Meaning
非常に大量に汗をかく、極端に激しく汗をかくこと。 / 猛烈な緊張や負荷のもとで、滴るほどの汗をかく状態。
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( participle present )
( participle past )
( past )
electee
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electees
electioneerer
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