autism
pronunciation
How to pronounce autism in British English:
UK [ˈɔ:tɪzəm]
How to pronounce autism in American English:
US [ˈɔˌtɪzəm]
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- Noun:
- (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people
Word Origin
- autism (n.)
- 1912, from German Autismus, coined 1912 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Bleuler (1857-1939) from comb. form of Greek autos- "self" (see auto-) + -ismos suffix of action or of state. The notion is of "morbid self-absorption."
Example
- 1. Will the cure for autism be discovered in china ?
- 2. There may be hundreds of varieties of autism .
- 3. How do people get autism ?
- 4. Autism is a puzzling phenomenon .
- 5. Autism is an extremely complex diagnosis .