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autistic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ɔːˈtɪs.tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɑˈtɪs.tɪk/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
  • /ɔˈtɪs.tɪk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From autism + -istic or -tic. First attested in 1913. The modern clinical sense is first used in 1943 by Leo Kanner.

Meanings

  1. Having, characteristic of, or relating to autism.
    • Barry is... well, what? Borderline autistic and obsessive-compulsive, with serious anger management issues and a dangerous behavioural disorder that in the real world would get him a one-way ticket to the rubber room. 2003 July 2, Peter Bradshaw, “Punch-Drunk Love”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 07 Aug 2014:
  2. (derogatory, offensive, qualifier:slang and medically obsolete) Socially inept, self-absorbed, or stupid.
  3. (Internet, qualifier:4chan slang; offensive or self-deprecatory; 4chan slang; offensive or self-deprecatory) Characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism. Obsessive.
    • imagine being this autistic over a fictional character
  4. (derogatory, offensive, slang) Lame, uncool, stupid.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most autistic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more autistic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

autistics and cousins · antiautistic · 'tism · autigender · autard · postautistic · autistic psychopathy · autistic disorder · tism · autie · nonautistic · autistically · autistic savant · unautistic · preautistic

Synonyms

on the spectrum

Translations (38)

sk autistický (having or pertaining to autism) · hu autisztikus (having or pertaining to autism) · fi autistinen (having or pertaining to autism) · cy awtistig (having or pertaining to autism) · ca autístic (having or pertaining to autism) · ms autistik (having or pertaining to autism) · nl autistisch (having or pertaining to autism) · nb autistisk (having or pertaining to autism) · pl autyczny (having or pertaining to autism) · nn autistisk (having or pertaining to autism) · ko 자폐증적 (having or pertaining to autism) · is sjálfhverfur (having or pertaining to autism) · hi स्वलीन (having or pertaining to autism) · ru аутисти́ческий (having or pertaining to autism) · es autístico (having or pertaining to autism) · hu autista (having or pertaining to autism) · he אוֹטִיסְטִי (having or pertaining to autism) · de autistisch (having or pertaining to autism) · pl autystyczny (having or pertaining to autism) · da autistisk (having or pertaining to autism) · pt autista (having or pertaining to autism) · eo aŭtisma (having or pertaining to autism) · it autistico (having or pertaining to autism) · ga uathach (having or pertaining to autism) · sv autistisk (having or pertaining to autism) · ar تَوَحُّدِي (having or pertaining to autism) · gl autista (having or pertaining to autism) · yi אויטיסטיש (having or pertaining to autism) · la autisticus (having or pertaining to autism) · el αυτιστικός (having or pertaining to autism) · fr autiste (having or pertaining to autism) · es autista (having or pertaining to autism) · chn ix̣puy-təmtəm (having or pertaining to autism) · cmn 自閉 /自闭 (having or pertaining to autism) · ia autistic (having or pertaining to autism) · cs autistický (having or pertaining to autism) · ca autista (having or pertaining to autism) · ru аутисти́чный (having or pertaining to autism)

wikipedia: Leo Kanner

autistic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ɔːˈtɪs.tɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɑˈtɪs.tɪk/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger)
  • /ɔˈtɪs.tɪk/ (General-American)

Etymology

From autism + -istic or -tic. First attested in 1913. The modern clinical sense is first used in 1943 by Leo Kanner.

Meanings

  1. A person who has autism.
    • If our definition of empathy were to require we take the human cognitive norm (overwhelmingly influenced by neurotypical cognition) as the absolute standard by which to measure empathy, then indeed we would have to conclude autistics do not instinctively possess a good sense of empathy. 2006, Alan Griswold, Autistic Symphony:
    • After reading this book, medical professionals should be able to develop an understanding of some of the challenges that autistics are experiencing during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2022, Matthew Bennett, Emma Goodall, Autism and COVID-19:
    • Yet because of the history and proliferation of the supercrip in films in television shows – not only with autism but supercrips with other disabilities as well – viewers are primed for the supercrip autistic and are therefore not expecting (in some ways) a view of autism that comes across to many in the autism community as more realistic or honest. 2016, Katherine Lashley, “Displaying Autism: The Thinking Images of Temple Grandin (2010)”, in Benjamin Fraser, editor, Cultures of Representation: Disability in World Cinema Contexts, page 130:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
autistics Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

allistic

Hyponyms

idiot savant

Relateds

autistic spectrum disorder · autistic spectrum

Synonyms

autist

Translations (19)

pt autista (person who has autism) · oc autista (person who has autism) · ca autista (person who has autism) · fr autiste (person who has autism) · yi אויטיסטישער (person who has autism) · cs autista (person who has autism) · de Autist (person who has autism) · la autisticus (person who has autism) · el αυτιστικό (person who has autism) · la autistica (person who has autism) · yi אויטיסטישע (person who has autism) · he אוטיסט (person who has autism) · hu autista (person who has autism) · ru аути́ст (person who has autism) · da autist (person who has autism) · fi autisti (person who has autism) · eo aŭtismulo (person who has autism) · gl autista (person who has autism) · es autista (person who has autism)

wikipedia: Leo Kanner