(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.

Having the right to elect oneself.

(chemistry, obsolete) The tendency of a substance to combine with some specific substances more readily than others. / (dated) The feeling of being attracted to or sympathetic with someone or something.

alternative spelling of reelection

plural of re-election

(sum of parts) A person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office.

alternative spelling of reelect

present participle of re-elect

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of re-elect

simple past tense and past participle of re-elect