ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Autist

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈɔː.tɪst/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Autist is a noun meaning An autistic person, a person with autism.

Meaning

An autistic person, a person with autism.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

autists arguing about 'muh graphics'
Like children and animals, autists have relatively rudimentary conceptual lives.
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 […]

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Related dictionary entries include autistic, asperger, schizophreniac, a-spec, ableist, sociopath.

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