"autist" meaning in English

See autist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɔː.tɪst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-autist.wav Forms: autists [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːtɪst Etymology: From autism + -ist. Etymology templates: {{af|en|autism|-ist}} autism + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} autist (plural autists)
  1. An autistic person, a person with autism. Categories (topical): Autism, People Translations (person with autism): 自閉症患者 /自闭症患者 (zìbìzhèng huànzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), autist [masculine] (Dutch), autiste [feminine] (Dutch), aŭtismulo (Esperanto), autisti (Finnish), autiste [feminine, masculine] (French), Autist [masculine] (German), Autistin [feminine] (German), αυτιστικό (aftistikó) [neuter] (Greek), autista (Hungarian), autisto (Ido), autista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 자폐인 (japyein) (Korean), autyk [masculine] (Polish), autystyk [masculine] (Polish), autysta [masculine] (Polish), autystka [feminine] (Polish), autyczka [feminine] (Polish), аути́ст (autíst) [masculine] (Russian), autista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), autist [common-gender] (Swedish), autist [common-gender] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-autist-en-noun-52uT27ja Disambiguation of Autism: 89 11 Disambiguation of People: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'person with autism': 72 28
  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. Tags: Internet, derogatory, offensive
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "autíst",
      "sense": "person with autism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аути́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person with autism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "autista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person with autism",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "autist"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "person with autism",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "autist"
    }
  ],
  "word": "autist"
}

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