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social autopsy

social autopsy noun: the situation where adults help an autistic child to understand what went wrong in a prior social interaction.

Noun

social autopsy (plural social autopsies)

  1. The situation where adults help an autistic child to understand what went wrong in a prior social interaction.

Forms of social autopsy

pluralsocial autopsies

Questions about social autopsy

What does social autopsy mean?
Social autopsy means the situation where adults help an autistic child to understand what went wrong in a prior social interaction.
What part of speech is social autopsy?
Social autopsy is a noun.
What is the plural of social autopsy?
The plural of social autopsy is social autopsies.

Words near social autopsy in the dictionary

  1. social anxiety disordered
  2. social anxiety disorders
  3. social atom
  4. social atoms
  5. social autopsies
  6. social autopsy
  7. social batteries
  8. social battery
  9. social bookmarking
  10. Social Brethren
  11. social butterflies

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