autist

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
7
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈɔː.tɪst/

Definition of autist

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An autistic person, a person with autism.
    “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 […]”
    “Like children and animals, autists have relatively rudimentary conceptual lives.”
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noun

  1. An autistic person, a person with autism.
    “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 […]”
    “Like children and animals, autists have relatively rudimentary conceptual lives.”
  2. (Internet, derogatory, offensive)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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Etymology

From autism + -ist.

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