High-functioning
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: High-functioning is an adjective meaning Functioning or operating at a high level.
Meaning
Functioning or operating at a high level.
More Meanings
- (psychology) Of a person with autism, exhibiting relatively high cognitive function.
- (psychology) Of a person with a developmental or intellectual disability or mental illness, able to function in society; not greatly affected by a disability or illness.
Example Sentences
A unit wide behavioral programming system for high functioning mentally retarded clients who displayed maladaptive behavioral excesses.
The high-functioning therapists were found to have a greater tendency to confront patients and, when they did so, confronted them with their resources.
Analysis of Wechsler IQ test scores for high-functioning autistic children and adults with Verbal and Full Scale IQ≥70 only partially supports previous contentions about the presence of a distinct profile of scores in autism.
Word Forms
- higher-functioning
- highest-functioning
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include high-performance, high-level, high-ranking, hypercompetent, high-status, high-test.
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