autistic

Senso (Inglese)

Adj

1. Having autism, or pertaining to autism.
2. (slang) Socially inept, self-absorbed, or stupid.
3. Characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.
4. (slang) Lame, uncool, stupid

Noun

A person who has autism.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɔːˈtɪs.tɪk/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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