autist

See also: Autist

English

Etymology

From autism +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.tɪst/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːtɪst

Noun

autist (plural autists)

1. An autistic person, a person with autism.
   • 1995, Oliver Sacks, An Anthropologist on Mars:

     Most autists are not artists, as most artists are not autists; but in the chance of their coming together […] there must, I think, be an interaction between the two, so that the art takes on some of the strengths and weaknesses of autism […]

   • 2011, W M Bernstein, A Basic Theory of Neuropsychoanalysis:

     Like children and animals, autists have relatively rudimentary conceptual lives.

2. (Internet slang, offensive, derogatory, often self-deprecating) A person characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, low self-awareness and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.

   autists arguing about 'muh graphics'

Translations

person with autism

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自閉症患者／自闭症患者 (zìbìzhèng huànzhě)

• Dutch: autist (nl) m, autiste (nl) f
• Esperanto: aŭtismulo
• Finnish: autisti (fi)
• French: autiste (fr) m or f
• German: Autist (de) m, Autistin (de) f
• Greek: αυτιστικό (el) n (aftistikó)
• Hungarian: autista (hu)
• Ido: autisto (io)
• Italian: autista (it) m or f
• Korean: 자폐인 (japyein)
• Polish: autyk (pl) m, autystyk m, autysta (pl) m, autystka (pl) f, autyczka (pl) f
• Russian: аути́ст (ru) m (autíst)
• Spanish: autista (es) m or f
• Swedish: autist (sv) c
• West Frisian: autist c

Anagrams

• Tauist

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English autist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑu̯ˈtɪst/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: au‧tist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

autist m (plural autisten, diminutive autistje n)

1. autist, person with autism

Related terms

• autisme
• autistisch

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French autiste.

Adjective

autist m or n (feminine singular autistă, masculine plural autiști, feminine and neuter plural autiste)

1. autistic

Declension

Declension of autist

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	autist		autistă	autiști	autiste
	definite	autistul		autista	autiștii	autistele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	autist		autiste	autiști	autiste
	definite	autistului		autistei	autiștilor	autistelor

Noun

autist m (plural autiști)

1. someone who is autistic

Declension

Declension of autist

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) autist	autistul	(niște) autiști	autiștii
genitive/dative	(unui) autist	autistului	(unor) autiști	autiștilor
vocative	autistule		autiștilor

Swedish

Noun

autist c

1. (dated) an autist (person with autism)
2. (Internet slang, derogatory or self-deprecatory) an autist

Usage notes

"Autistisk" (autistic) or "... som har autism" (who has autism) or "... med autism" (with autism) is more common in modern times.

Declension

Declension of autist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	autist	autists
	definite	autisten	autistens
plural	indefinite	autister	autisters
	definite	autisterna	autisternas

Related terms

• autism
• autistisk

References

• autist in Svensk ordbok (SO)