autist

English

Etymology

Back-formation from autistic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔː.tɪst/

Noun

autist (plural autists)

1. An autistic person.
   • 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.

Translations

person with autism

• Chinese:

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

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

Synonyms

• autie
• autistic

Antonyms

• allist
• neurotypical
• NT

Anagrams

• Tauist

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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