autism

Etymology
From, , first usage dated to 1907 attributed by as an alternative of his for "auto-erotism", although Bleuler himself differentiates the terms in his book Dementia Praecox, first published 1911. From +.

Noun

 * 1)  A pervasive neurological condition that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences.
 * 2)  ; a range of disorders.
 * 3)  A diagnosis involving a pathological tendency to engage in self-centered fantasy thinking, historically considered a symptom of insanity and/or schizophrenia.
 * 4)   Abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, stereotypically coupled with low self-awareness and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.
 * 1)   Abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, stereotypically coupled with low self-awareness and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.

Hyponyms

 * / Asperger's syndrome / Asperger's / Asperger

Translations

 * Afrikaans: outisme
 * Arabic: تَوَحُّد, مَرَض التَّوَحُّد
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: autizm
 * Basque: autismo
 * Bengali: অটিজম
 * Breton: aotism
 * Bulgarian: аути́зъм
 * Burmese: အော်တစ်ဇင်
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Corsican: autismu
 * Czech:
 * Danish: autisme
 * Dutch:
 * Dzongkha: སེམས་ནད
 * Esperanto: aŭtismo
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese: autisma
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: აუტიზმი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אוטיזם
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: einhverfa
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: autismo
 * Irish: uathachas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: аутизм
 * Khmer: អូទីស្សឹម
 * Korean:
 * Latin: autismus
 * Lithuanian: autizmas
 * Macedonian: аутизам
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: autisme
 * Malayalam: ഓട്ടിസം
 * Maori: takiwātanga, matetakiwātanga, mate takiwātanga
 * Mongolian: аутизм
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਔਟਿਜ਼ਮ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samoan: vaivai o laʻua mafaufau
 * Scots: autism
 * Scottish Gaelic: uathachas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: аутизам
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: autizmus
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: kizengi
 * Spanish:
 * Sundanese: autis
 * Swahili: usonji
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: autismo
 * Tamil: ஆட்டிசம்,, மதியிறுக்கம்
 * Thai: ความหมกหมุ่น
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: аути́зм, авти́зм
 * Uzbek: autizm
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: awtistiaeth
 * West Frisian: autisme
 * Yiddish: אויטיזם

Etymology
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