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noun
The quality of being neurodivergent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: neurodivergency, neurodiversity, neuroatypicality
Antonyms: neurotypicality
Broader terms: divergence, divergency
History
From neuro- + divergence; coined by Kassiane Asasumasu in 2000. By surface analysis, neuro- + diverge + -ence.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
