allistic
/æˈlɪstɪk/
allistic adjective: not autistic.
Adjective
allistic (not comparable)
- Not autistic.
- Near-synonym: neurotypical
- As with the rest of the article, I am following the conventions of the disabled people I am discussing. Autistics prefer to be called "autistic" and perceive the term "people with autism" as an allistic (non-autistic) phrase.2013, Corbett Joan O'Toole, "Disclosing Our Relationships to Disabilities: An Invitation for Disability Studies", Disability Studies Quarterly, Volume 33, Number 2 (endnote)
- Synonyms:
- neurotypical, nonautistic, unautistic
- Antonyms:
- autistic
Examples of allistic in a sentence
- The ASMC, like A$, aims mostly at helping to ease the “burden” autistic children and family members place on their allistic relatives and caretakers.2013, Ianthe M. Belisle Dempsey, "Autism Acceptance Month (And Why Autism $peaks Should Stop Talking)", Indy (Bloomington–Normal...
- For those who don’t know, Autism Speaks has an executive board and leadership made entirely of allistic people, or people who are not autistic.2014 April 28, Stormy O'Brink, “People with disabilities are not broken”, in The Northern Iowan, University of Northern Iowa:
Synonyms of allistic
Antonyms
Origin of allistic
From allo- + -istic, by analogy with autistic; compare allism.
Words that rhyme with allistic
- artistic
- autistic
- characteristic
- atavistic
- ballistic
- heuristic
- linguistic
- pessimistic
- realistic
- cystic
- futuristic
- histic
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- holistic
- hypocoristic
- mystic
- optimistic
- activistic
- altruistic
- cannibalistic
- criminalistic
- economistic
- epiphenomenalistic
- fistic
- heteroantagonistic
- hubristic
- hybristic
- infinitistic
- isoantagonistic
- jingoistic
- journalistic
- librettistic
- malistic
- mistic
- navalistic
- paralinguistic
- pistic
- retrofuturistic
- spiritistic
- supercalifragilistic
- surrealistic
- unartistic
Questions about allistic
- What does allistic mean?
- Allistic means not autistic.
- How do you use allistic in a sentence?
- The ASMC, like A$, aims mostly at helping to ease the “burden” autistic children and family members place on their allistic relatives and caretakers.
- What part of speech is allistic?
- Allistic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce allistic?
- Allistic is pronounced /æˈlɪstɪk/.
Words near allistic in the dictionary
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