"Educational autism" in the California school system apparently has looser criteria than the DSM-IV's series of autistic disorders.
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Autism
//ˈɔːtɪzəm//
Synonyms for "autism" (185 found)
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Strong matches (56)
delusiondereismdereistic thinkingdispassiondispassionatenessdisplacementdissociabilitydissociationdreamdream visiondreamerydreamlanddreamworlddullnessego tripegotismemotional deadnessemotional insulationemotionlessnessescape
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escape into fantasyescape mechanismescapismfalse belieffantasizingfantasyflightflight of fancyfrigidityfrostinessgraspingnessgreedheartlessnessicinessidealidealismidealityidealizationignis fatuusillusionimaginative exerciseimmovabilityimpassibilityimpassivenessimpassivityimpracticalityincompatibilityindividualisminexcitabilityinsociabilityinterestisolationlack of affectlack of feelinglack of touchmisbelief
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misconceptionmopishnessmorosenessnarcissismnegativismobjectivityobtusenesson spectrumovercompensationpassionlessnesspersonal aimspersonal ambitionpersonal desirespersonalismpipe dreamplay of fancypoker facepossessivenessprivatismprojection
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psychotaxisquixotismquixotryrationalizationremotenessresistanceromanceromanticismself-absorptionself-admirationself-advancementself-centerednessself-considerationself-containmentself-deceitself-deceptionself-delusionself-devotionself-esteemself-indulgenceself-interestself-interestednessself-jealousyself-occupationself-pleasingself-seekingself-servingself-solicitudeself-sufficiencyselfishnessselfismsocial incompatibilitysociological adjustive reactionssoullessnessspiritlessnessstraight facesublimationsubstitutionsullennesstricktripuncommunicativenessuncompanionabilityuncongenialityunemotionalismunexcitabilityunfeelingunfeelingnessunfriendlinessungenialityungregariousnessunimpressibilityunimpressionablenessunpassionatenessunpracticalnessunrealismunrealityunresponsivenessunsociabilityunsociablenessunsusceptibilityunsympatheticnessuntouchabilityutopianismvaporvisionarinesswish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawalwrong impression
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6 entriesrelated to
14 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
84 translations across 75 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- outisme noun (neurological disorder)
Arabic
2 entries- تَوَحُّد noun (neurological disorder)
- مَرَض التَّوَحُّد noun (neurological disorder)
Armenian
1 entries- աուտիզմ noun (neurological disorder)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- autizm noun (neurological disorder)
Basque
1 entries- autismo noun (neurological disorder)
Bengali
1 entries- অটিজম noun (neurological disorder)
Breton
1 entries- aotism noun (neurological disorder)
Bulgarian
1 entries- аути́зъм noun (neurological disorder)
Burmese
1 entries- အော်တစ်ဇင် noun (neurological disorder)
Catalan
1 entries- autisme noun (neurological disorder)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 孤獨症 /孤独症 noun (neurological disorder)
- 自閉症 /自闭症 noun (neurological disorder)
Corsican
1 entries- autismu noun (neurological disorder)
Czech
1 entries- autismus noun (neurological disorder)
Danish
1 entries- autisme noun (neurological disorder)
Dutch
1 entries- autisme noun (neurological disorder)
Dzongkha
1 entries- སེམས་ནད noun (neurological disorder)
Esperanto
1 entries- aŭtismo noun (neurological disorder)
Estonian
1 entries- autism noun (neurological disorder)
Faroese
1 entries- autisma noun (neurological disorder)
Finnish
1 entries- autismi noun (neurological disorder)
French
1 entries- autisme noun (neurological disorder)
Galician
1 entries- autismo noun (neurological disorder)
Georgian
1 entries- აუტიზმი noun (neurological disorder)
German
1 entries- Autismus noun (neurological disorder)
Greek
1 entries- αυτισμός noun (neurological disorder)
Hebrew
1 entries- אוטיזם noun (neurological disorder)
Hungarian
1 entries- autizmus noun (neurological disorder)
Icelandic
1 entries- einhverfa noun (neurological disorder)
Ido
1 entries- autismo noun (neurological disorder)
Indonesian
1 entries- autisme noun (neurological disorder)
Interlingua
1 entries- autismo noun (neurological disorder)
Irish
1 entries- uathachas noun (neurological disorder)
Italian
1 entries- autismo noun (neurological disorder)
Japanese
1 entries- 自閉症 noun (neurological disorder)
Kazakh
1 entries- аутизм noun (neurological disorder)
Khmer
1 entries- អូទីស្សឹម noun (neurological disorder)
Korean
1 entries- 자폐증 noun (neurological disorder)
Latin
1 entries- autismus noun (neurological disorder)
Lithuanian
1 entries- autizmas noun (neurological disorder)
Macedonian
1 entries- аутизам noun (neurological disorder)
Malagasy
1 entries- autiste noun (neurological disorder)
Malay
1 entries- autisme noun (neurological disorder)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഓട്ടിസം noun (neurological disorder)
Mongolian
1 entries- аутизм noun (neurological disorder)
Māori
3 entries- mate takiwātanga noun (neurological disorder)
- matetakiwātanga noun (neurological disorder)
- takiwātanga noun (neurological disorder)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- autisme noun (neurological disorder)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- autisme noun (neurological disorder)
Occitan
1 entries- autisme noun (neurological disorder)
Persian
1 entries- درخودماندگی noun (neurological disorder)
Polish
1 entries- autyzm noun (neurological disorder)
Portuguese
1 entries- autismo noun (neurological disorder)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਔਟਿਜ਼ਮ noun (neurological disorder)
Romanian
1 entries- autism noun (neurological disorder)
Russian
1 entries- аути́зм noun (neurological disorder)
Samoan
1 entries- vaivai o laʻua mafaufau noun (neurological disorder)
Scots
1 entries- autism noun (neurological disorder)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- uathachas noun (neurological disorder)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- autizam noun (neurological disorder)
- аутизам noun (neurological disorder)
Slovak
1 entries- autizmus noun (neurological disorder)
Slovene
1 entries- avtízem noun (neurological disorder)
Sotho
1 entries- kizengi noun (neurological disorder)
Spanish
1 entries- autismo noun (neurological disorder)
Sundanese
1 entries- autis noun (neurological disorder)
Swahili
1 entries- usonji noun (neurological disorder)
Swedish
1 entries- autism noun (neurological disorder)
Tagalog
1 entries- autismo noun (neurological disorder)
Tamil
3 entries- ஆட்டிசம் noun (neurological disorder)
- மதி இறுக்கம் noun (neurological disorder)
- மதியிறுக்கம் noun (neurological disorder)
Thai
1 entries- ความหมกหมุ่น noun (neurological disorder)
Turkish
2 entries- iç yöneliklik noun (neurological disorder)
- otizm noun (neurological disorder)
Ukrainian
2 entries- авти́зм noun (neurological disorder)
- аути́зм noun (neurological disorder)
Uzbek
1 entries- autizm noun (neurological disorder)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tự kỉ noun (neurological disorder)
Welsh
1 entries- awtistiaeth noun (neurological disorder)
West-Frisian
1 entries- autisme noun (neurological disorder)
Yiddish
1 entries- אויטיזם noun (neurological disorder)
Sample sentences
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Children that live in homes with vinyl floors are more likely to have autism.
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Only about 15 per cent of people with autism are in the workforce, mainly because people are so judgemental about them.
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Both boys have autism.
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