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self-stimulatory

self-stimulatory adjective: relating to self-stimulation.

Adjective

self-stimulatory (not comparable)

  1. Relating to self-stimulation.
    • Appropriate play with toys was studied in two autistic children with high occurrences of self-stimulatory behavior1974, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
    • Medical culture constrains stimming through strict clinical designations and pathologizing definitions, referring to it as stereotypies or "self-stimulatory behaviours." Autistic people, however, often define stimming more broadly as repetitive sensory practices used to regulate emotional states...2021, Erin Felepchuk, “Stimming, Improvisation, and COVID-19: (Re)negotiating Autistic Sensory Regulation During a Pandemic”, in Disability Studies Quarterly, volume 41, number 3, archived from the...

Origin of self-stimulatory

From self- + stimulatory.

Questions about self-stimulatory

What does self-stimulatory mean?
Self-stimulatory means relating to self-stimulation.
What part of speech is self-stimulatory?
Self-stimulatory is an adjective.

Words near self-stimulatory in the dictionary

  1. self-stimulate
  2. self-stimulated
  3. self-stimulates
  4. self-stimulating
  5. self-stimulation
  6. self-stimulatory
  7. self-storage
  8. self-stories
  9. self-story
  10. self-striping
  11. self-structured

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