Muteness Muteness or mutism () is defined as an absence of speech while conserving or maintaining the ability to hear the speech of others. Mutism is typically understood as a person's inability to speak, and commonly observed by their family members, caregi ...

is a speech disorder in which a person lacks the ability to speak. Mute or the Mute may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Mute'' (2005 film), a short film by Melissa Joan Hart * ''Mute'' (2018 film), a science-fiction thriller directed by Duncan Jones * "Mute" (''The Twilight Zone''), a 1963 episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' * Mutes, anthropomorphic animals in the American animated television series ''

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts ''Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts'' is an animated television series created by Radford Sechrist and developed by Bill Wolkoff, adapted from Rad's 2015 webcomic ''Kipo''. The series is produced by American company DreamWorks Animation Televisi ...

Music

Mute (music) A mute is a device attached to a musical instrument which changes the instrument's tone quality (timbre) or lowers its volume. Mutes are commonly used on string and brass instruments, especially the trumpet and trombone, and are occasionall ...

, a device used to alter the sound of a musical instrument *

Left-hand muting Left-hand muting is a performance technique for stringed instruments, where string vibration is damped by the fingering hand. (Left-handed players use the right hand.) First variant A string is played with the right hand, while the left hand pres ...

palm mute The palm mute is a playing technique for guitar and bass guitar, executed by placing the side of the picking hand below the little finger across the strings to be plucked, very close to the bridge, and then plucking the strings while the damp ...

, guitar muting techniques * Mute Records, a record label in the United Kingdom * ''Mute'' (album), a 2000 indie rock compilation album from Hush Records * ''Muted'' (album), a 2003 album from hip hop artist Alias

In print

* ''Mute'' (novel), a 1981 novel by Piers Anthony * "Mute" (short story), by Stephen King * Mute, a character in ''

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'' * ''Mute'' (magazine), an online magazine of culture and politics

People

* Múte Bourup Egede (born 1987), Prime Minister of Greenland *

Shō Gen was king of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1556 to 1572. He was called "Gen, the mute."Kerr, George H. (2000). The king required considerable support from the ''Sanshikan'' (Council of Three), the chief council of royal advisors. His reign marked the be ...

(1528–1572), king of the Ryukyu Kingdom called Gen the mute * Pârvu Mutu (1657–1735), Wallachian Romanian muralist and church painter nicknamed Pârvu the Mute

Other uses

* Mute (death customs), a professional mourner in Victorian and other European cultures * Mute (food), a soup from Colombia * Mute Island, part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia * A

silent letter In an alphabetic writing system, a silent letter is a letter that, in a particular word, does not correspond to any sound in the word's pronunciation. In linguistics, a silent letter is often symbolised with a null sign . Null is an unprono ...