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autistic

[ aw-tis-tik ]

adjective

  1. relating to or having autism spectrum disorder:

    The researchers are compiling advice on supporting wellness in autistic adults.

    She and her son are both autistic.

    We are a national grassroots disability rights organization for the autistic community.



noun

  1. Also au·tist []. a person with autism spectrum disorder:

    It's just an opinion, but it's based on my own experience and conversations with fellow autistics.

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Other Words From

  • au·tis·ti·cal·ly adverb
  • un·au·tis·tic adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of autistic1

First recorded in 1942; aut(ism) ( def ) + -istic ( def )

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Example Sentences

“I ran for my life,” said Tenayo, who is a home attendant for an autistic resident, but wants to transfer because of the crime.

I did a little research and now, I mean, yikes, he's the guy that's okay with letting schools forcibly pin down autistic kids.

No one autistic is brought on the show to give another perspective, nor was one included on previous or subsequent shows.

Dr. Phil recently interviewed Kelli Stapleton, a mother who tried to kill her teenage autistic daughter.

A group of bullies tricked an autistic boy into doing the popular Ice Bucket Challenge—only the bucket was full of human waste.

(a) The autistic retirement of the patient into his own phantasies.

Such autistic thought is dominated not by logic or will, but by feeling.

It is, in psychological language, the region of autistic as contrasted with realistic thought.

Autistic thinking gratifies some desire and that is enough for it.

It cannot afford to be autistic, but must meet objective or social standards.

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