adj
Meaning 1
Having, characteristic of, or relating to autism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: on the spectrum
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
autistic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɪs.tɪk/
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General-American: /ɔˈtɪs.tɪk/
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General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ɑˈtɪs.tɪk/
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rhymes with -ɪstɪk
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adj
Meaning 2
Socially inept, self-absorbed, or stupid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, offensive
Qualifier: slang and medically obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism. Obsessive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Qualifier: 4chan slang; offensive or self-deprecatory; 4chan slang; offensive or self-deprecatory
Examples
- imagine being this autistic over a fictional character
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Lame, uncool, stupid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, offensive, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A person who has autism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
characteristic of or affected with autism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- autistic behavior
- autistic children
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From autism + -istic or -tic. First attested in 1913. The modern clinical sense is first used in 1943 by Leo Kanner.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَوَحُّدِي (tawaḥḥudī) — having or pertaining to autism
- Catalan: autista — having or pertaining to autism
- Catalan: autístic — having or pertaining to autism
- Chinese Mandarin: 自閉 /自闭 (zìbì) — having or pertaining to autism
- Chinook Jargon: ix̣puy-təmtəm — having or pertaining to autism
- Czech: autistický — having or pertaining to autism
- Danish: autistisk — having or pertaining to autism
- Dutch: autistisch — having or pertaining to autism
- Esperanto: aŭtisma — having or pertaining to autism
- Finnish: autistinen — having or pertaining to autism
- French: autiste — having or pertaining to autism
- Galician: autista — having or pertaining to autism
- German: autistisch — having or pertaining to autism
- Greek: αυτιστικός (aftistikós) — having or pertaining to autism
- Hebrew: אוֹטִיסְטִי (otistí) — having or pertaining to autism
- Hindi: स्वलीन (svalīn) — having or pertaining to autism
- Hungarian: autista — having or pertaining to autism
- Hungarian: autisztikus — having or pertaining to autism
- Icelandic: sjálfhverfur — having or pertaining to autism
- Interlingua: autistic — having or pertaining to autism
- Irish: uathach — having or pertaining to autism
- Italian: autistico — having or pertaining to autism
- Korean: 자폐증적 (japyejeungjeok) — having or pertaining to autism
- Latin: autisticus — having or pertaining to autism
- Malay: autistik — having or pertaining to autism
- Norwegian Bokmål: autistisk — having or pertaining to autism
- Norwegian Nynorsk: autistisk — having or pertaining to autism
- Polish: autystyczny — having or pertaining to autism
- Polish: autyczny — having or pertaining to autism
- Portuguese: autista — having or pertaining to autism
- Russian: аутисти́ческий (autistíčeskij) — having or pertaining to autism
- Russian: аутисти́чный (autistíčnyj) — having or pertaining to autism
- Slovak: autistický — having or pertaining to autism
- Spanish: autista — having or pertaining to autism
- Spanish: autístico — having or pertaining to autism
- Swedish: autistisk — having or pertaining to autism
- Welsh: awtistig — having or pertaining to autism
- Yiddish: אויטיסטיש (oytistish) — having or pertaining to autism
- Catalan: autista — person who has autism
- Czech: autista — person who has autism
- Danish: autist — person who has autism
- Esperanto: aŭtismulo — person who has autism
- Finnish: autisti — person who has autism
- French: autiste — person who has autism
- Galician: autista — person who has autism
- German: Autist — person who has autism
- Greek: αυτιστικό (aftistikó) — person who has autism
- Hebrew: אוטיסט (otíst) — person who has autism
- Hungarian: autista — person who has autism
- Latin: autisticus — person who has autism
- Latin: autistica — person who has autism
- Occitan: autista — person who has autism
- Portuguese: autista — person who has autism
- Russian: аути́ст (autíst) — person who has autism
- Spanish: autista — person who has autism
- Yiddish: אויטיסטישער (oytistisher) — person who has autism
- Yiddish: אויטיסטישע (oytistishe) — person who has autism
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