Dictionary

autist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɔː.tɪst/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English autism Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English autist From autism + -ist.

Meanings

1. An autistic person, a person with autism.
   • Like children and animals, autists have relatively rudimentary conceptual lives. 2011, W M Bernstein, A Basic Theory of Neuropsychoanalysis:
   • Most autists are not artists, as most artists are not autists; but in the chance of their coming together […] there must, I think, be an interaction between the two, so that the art takes on some of the strengths and weaknesses of autism […] 1995, Oliver Sacks, An Anthropologist on Mars:
2. (Internet, derogatory, offensive, qualifier:often self-deprecatory) A person characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, low self-awareness and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.
   • autists arguing about 'muh graphics'

Forms

Translations (24)

he אוטיסט (person with autism) · sv autist (person with autism) · eo aŭtismulo (person with autism) · pl autystka (person with autism) · nl autist (person with autism) · es autista (person with autism) · cmn 自閉症患者 /自闭症患者 (person with autism) · da autist (person with autism) · de Autistin (person with autism) · pl autyczka (person with autism) · ko 자폐인 (person with autism) · pl autysta (person with autism) · ru аути́ст (person with autism) · fi autisti (person with autism) · pl autystyk (person with autism) · fy autist (person with autism) · hu autista (person with autism) · pl autyk (person with autism) · it autista (person with autism) · el αυτιστικό (person with autism) · de Autist (person with autism) · fr autiste (person with autism) · io autisto (person with autism) · nl autiste (person with autism)