autistic
Meaning
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- Having autism, or pertaining to autism.
- (slang) Socially inept, self-absorbed, or stupid.
- Characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.
- (slang) Lame, uncool, stupid
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autistic
autism
autist
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔːˈtɪs.tɪk/
Etymology
From autism + -istic or + -tic. First attested in 1913. The modern clinical sense is first used in 1943 by Leo Kanner.
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