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preautistic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From pre- + autistic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, qualifier:autism) Before the readily apparent onset of autism.
    • Bettelheim's (1967) theory of autism proposes that for several possible reasons (e.g., pain or discomfort, misperception) the preautistic child perceives that his mother has rejected him/her and begins to withdraw from him/her […] 1989, Johnny L. Matson, Chronic schizophrenia and adult autism: