English Explanatory Dictionary

autistic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having autism, or pertaining to autism.
  2. Socially inept, self-absorbed, or stupid.
  3. Characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism. Obsessive.
  4. Lame, uncool, stupid.
noun
  1. A person who has autism.

Pronunciation

/ɔːˈtɪs.tɪk/ /ɔˈtɪs.tɪk/ /ɑˈtɪs.tɪk/ En-au-autistic.ogg

Word forms

autistic more autistic most autistic autistics

Etymology

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

Synonyms

on the spectrum autist

Antonyms

allistic

Related words

autistic spectrum autistic spectrum disorder

Derived words

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