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/ˈstɛri.əˌtaɪpi/ · noun
(countable, medicine) Excessive repetition, especially of meaningless gestures..
Coordinate term: stimming
Medical culture constrains stimming through strict clinical designations and pathologizing definitions, referring to it as stereotypies or "self-stimulatory behaviours." Autistic people, however, often define stimming more broadly as repetitive sensory practices used to regulate emotional states, to cope with external sensory stimuli, or for purposes of self-expression.
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Stereotypy means (countable, medicine) Excessive repetition, especially of meaningless gestures..
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Coordinate term: stimming
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