English Explanatory Dictionary

double empathy problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The phenomenon of autistic and nonautistic people mutually failing to understand each other due to cognitive differences in expressing and processing emotion.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

double empathy problem

Etymology

Coined by autism researcher Damian E. M. Milton in 2012 in a journal article.

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