autistic

autistic

English

Differences in activity between autistic (yellow) and non-autistic brains.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔːˈtɪs.tɪk/

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -ɪstɪk

Adjective

autistic (comparative more autistic, superlative most autistic)

1. Having autism, or pertaining to autism.

   Synonym: on the spectrum

2. (now derogatory, offensive, slang, and medically obsolete) Socially inept, self-absorbed, or stupid.
3. (Internet slang, 4chan, offensive or self-deprecatory) Characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.

   imagine being this autistic over a fictional character

4. (slang, derogatory, offensive) Lame, uncool, stupid.

Derived terms

• autie
• postautistic
• preautistic

Translations

having or pertaining to autism

Arabic: تَوَحُّدِي‎ (tawaḥḥudī) Catalan: autista (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 自闭 (zh) (zìbì) Czech: autistický Danish: autistisk Dutch: autistisch (nl) Esperanto: aŭtisma Finnish: autistinen (fi) French: autiste (fr) Galician: autista (gl) German: autistisch (de) Greek: αυτιστικός (el) m (aftistikós) Hungarian: autista (hu), autisztikus Icelandic: sjálfhverfur Irish: uathach Italian: autistico (it) Korean: 자폐증적 (japyejeungjeok) Norwegian: Bokmål: autistisk Nynorsk: autistisk Polish: autystyczny (pl), autyczny (rare) Portuguese: autista (pt) Russian: аутисти́ческий (ru) (autistíčeskij), аутисти́чный (autistíčnyj) Slovak: autistický Spanish: autista (es) Swedish: autistisk (sv) Welsh: awtistig

Noun

autistic (plural autistics)

1. A person who has autism.
   • 2006, Alan Griswold, Autistic Symphony:

     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.

Synonyms

• autist

Hyponyms

• idiot savant (potentially offensive)

Related terms

• autistic spectrum
• autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)

Translations

person who has autism

Catalan: autista (ca) m or f Czech: autista (cs) m Danish: autist Esperanto: aŭtismulo Finnish: autisti (fi) French: autiste (fr) m or f Galician: autista (gl) m or f German: Autist (de) m Greek: αυτιστικό (el) n (aftistikó) Hungarian: autista (hu) Latin: autisticus m, autistica f Occitan: autista m or f Portuguese: autista (pt) m or f Russian: аути́ст (ru) m (autíst) Spanish: autista (es) m or f

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French autistique.

Adjective

autistic m or n (feminine singular autistică, masculine plural autistici, feminine and neuter plural autistice)

1. autistic

Declension

Declension of autistic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	autistic		autistică	autistici	autistice
	definite	autisticul		autistica	autisticii	autisticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	autistic		autistice	autistici	autistice
	definite	autisticului		autisticei	autisticilor	autisticelor