Definitions for Autismˈɔ tɪz əm

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

au•tismˈɔ tɪz əm(n.)

  1. a pervasive developmental disorder characterized by impaired communication, extreme self-absorption, and detachment from reality.

    Category: Psychiatry

Origin of autism:

1910–15; < Gk aut(ós) self + -ism

au•tis′ti•cal•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. autism(noun)

    (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people

Wiktionary

  1. autism(Noun)

    Bio-neurological disorder that is observable in early childhood with symptoms of abnormal self-absorption, characterised by lack of response to other humans and by limited ability or disinclination to communicate and socialize.

  2. Origin: Coined in 1912 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Bleuler (1857-1939) from autismus, from αὐτός.


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