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neurotypic

neurotypic is the alternative form of neurotypical.

Meaning of neurotypical

Adjective

neurotypical (comparative more neurotypical, superlative most neurotypical)

  1. Having a typical way of processing sensory, linguistic, and social information.
    • Nancy, a high school student, saw herself as being helpful when she told Maureen, a neurotypical peer, that the horizontal lines on her shirt made her look fat.2001, Brenda Smith Myles, Diane Adreon, Jennifer Stella, Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence, page 17
    Synonyms:
    NT
    1. (strictly, typically proscribed) Not autistic; allistic.
      • Think of neurotypical folks as generalists and autistic folks as specialists.2002, Lisa B. Elliott, Embarrassed Often Ashamed Never: Quips and Short Stories from One Family's Ongoing Adventure With Asperger Syndrome and Autism, Shawnee Mission, Kan.: Autism Asperger Pub. Co....

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Origin of neurotypic

From neuro- + typic.

Words formed from neurotypic

Questions about neurotypic

What is neurotypic the alternative form of?
Neurotypic is the alternative form of neurotypical.

Words near neurotypic in the dictionary

  1. neurotumor
  2. neurotumoral
  3. neurotumors
  4. neurotype
  5. neurotypes
  6. neurotypic
  7. neurotypical
  8. neurotypicality
  9. neurotypically
  10. neurotypicals
  11. neurotypicity

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