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autists

autists is the plural of autist.

Meaning of autist

Noun

autist (plural autists)

  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 […]1995, Oliver Sacks, An Anthropologist on Mars
  2. (Internet, derogatory, offensive, often self-deprecatory) 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'

Questions about autists

What is autists the plural of?
Autists is the plural of autist.

Words near autists in the dictionary

  1. autistically
  2. autistics
  3. autistics and cousins
  4. autistiform
  5. autistogenic
  6. autists
  7. Autler-Townes effect
  8. Autler-Townes effects
  9. auto
  10. auto battler
  11. auto battlers

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