"neurotypical" meaning in English

See neurotypical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌnjʊə̯ɹəʊ̯ˈtɪp.ɪk.əl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌnjəɹəwˈtɪp.ɪk.əl/ [British, Southern, Standard], /ˌnjʊɹowˈtɪp.ɪk.əl/ [General-American] Forms: more neurotypical [comparative], most neurotypical [superlative]
Etymology: neuro- + typical Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|neuro|typical}} neuro- + typical Head templates: {{en-adj}} neurotypical (comparative more neurotypical, superlative most neurotypical)
  1. Having a normal (usual, ordinary) way of processing sensory, linguistic, and social information; often to contrast with autistic. Categories (topical): Autism Synonyms: NT, typically developing, typically developed, TD, allistic (alt: contextual) Translations (having normal way of processing information): neurotípic [masculine] (Catalan), neurutipicu [masculine] (Corsican), neurotypisch (Dutch), neurotyypillinen (Finnish), neurotypique [masculine] (French), neurotypisch (German), νευροτυπικός (nevrotypikós) [masculine] (Greek), neurotipico [masculine] (Italian), 신경전형적 (sin'gyeongjeonhyeongjeok) (alt: 神經典型的) (Korean), neurotypicus (Latin), neurotípico [masculine] (Portuguese), neurotípico (Spanish), neurotypisk (Swedish), neurotypysk (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-neurotypical-en-adj-Z9JpcpQA Disambiguation of Autism: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with neuro- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with neuro-: 64 36

Noun

IPA: /ˌnjʊə̯ɹəʊ̯ˈtɪp.ɪk.əl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌnjəɹəwˈtɪp.ɪk.əl/ [British, Southern, Standard], /ˌnjʊɹowˈtɪp.ɪk.əl/ [General-American] Forms: neurotypicals [plural]
Etymology: neuro- + typical Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|neuro|typical}} neuro- + typical Head templates: {{en-noun}} neurotypical (plural neurotypicals)
  1. One who is neurotypical; one who is not autistic, schizophrenic etc. Categories (topical): Autism, People Related terms: allistic
    Sense id: en-neurotypical-en-noun-CAyS2SYT Disambiguation of Autism: 54 46 Disambiguation of People: 34 66

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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