autist

See also: Autist

English

Etymology

From autism +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.tɪst/

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
• West Frisian: autist c

Anagrams

• Tauist

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English autist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑu̯ˈtɪst/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: au‧tist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

autist m (plural autisten, diminutive autistje n)

1. autist, person with autism

Related terms

• autisme
• autistisch

Romanian

Etymology

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