autism

English

Etymology

Coined in 1912 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Bleuler (1857-1939) from Latin autismus, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autos, “self”).

Noun

autism (usually uncountable; plural autisms)

1. (clinical psychology) Bio-neurological disorder that is observable in early childhood with symptoms of abnormal self-absorption, characterised by lack of response to other humans and by limited ability or disinclination to communicate and socialize.

Synonyms

• (clinical psychology): mindblindness, on the spectrum (slang)

Derived terms

• autistic, autist, autism spectrum disorder, on the spectrum

Translations

abnormal self-absorption

• Arabic: توحد (ar) (tawáḥḥud) m
• Armenian: աուտիզմ (hy) (autizm) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自閉症 (cmn), 自闭症 (cmn) (zìbìzhèng), 孤獨症 (cmn), 孤独症 (cmn) (gūdúzhèng)

• Czech: autismus (cs) m
• Danish: autisme (da)
• Dutch: autisme (nl) n
• Esperanto: aŭtismo (eo)
• Estonian: autism (et)
• Finnish: autismi (fi)
• French: autisme (fr) m
• German: Autismus (de) m
• Greek: αυτισμός (el) (autismós) m 
• Hebrew: אוטיזם (he) m
• Hungarian: autizmus (hu)
• Icelandic: einhverfa (is) f, sjálfhverfa (is) f
• Interlingua: autismo (ia)

• Irish: uathachas (ga) m
• Italian: autismo (it) m
• Japanese: 自閉症 (ja) (じへいしょう, jiheishō)
• Korean: 자폐증 (ko) (japyejeung)
• Latin: autismus (la) m
• Lojban: ka sezga'o (jbo)
• Malay: autisme (ms)
• Norwegian: autisme (no)
• Persian: اوتیسم (fa) (outism), درخودماندگی (fa) (darxodmândegi)
• Polish: autyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: autismo (pt) m
• Romanian: autism (ro)
• Russian: аутизм (ru) (autízm) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аутизам (sh) m

  Roman: autizam (sh) m

• Spanish: autismo (es) m
• Tagalog: autismo (tl)
• Turkish: otizm (tr)

See also

• autism spectrum disorders
• pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), PDD-NOS
• Asperger's syndrome
• disability, handicap
• mutism, selective mutism
• special education

External links

• Autism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia