See also: Autist

English

Etymology

From autism +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔː.tɪst/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔːtɪst

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'

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Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English autist.

Pronunciation

Noun

autist m (plural autisten, diminutive autistje n)

  1. autist, person with autism

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French autiste.

Adjective

autist m or n (feminine singular autistă, masculine plural autiști, feminine and neuter plural autiste)

  1. autistic

Declension

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

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative autist autistul autiști autiștii
genitive-dative autist autistului autiști autiștilor
vocative autistule autiștilor

Swedish

Noun

autist c

  1. (dated) an autist (person with autism)
  2. (Internet slang, derogatory or self-deprecatory) an autist

Usage notes

"Autistisk" (autistic) or "... som har autism" (who has autism) or "... med autism" (with autism) is more common in modern times.

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