You don't understand. Yanni is an autist.
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Autist
//ˈɔː.tɪst//
Synonyms for "autist" (2 found)
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Translations
24 translations across 18 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 自閉症患者 /自闭症患者 noun (person with autism)
Danish
1 entries- autist noun (person with autism)
Dutch
2 entries- autist noun (person with autism)
- autiste noun (person with autism)
Esperanto
1 entries- aŭtismulo noun (person with autism)
Finnish
1 entries- autisti noun (person with autism)
French
1 entries- autiste noun (person with autism)
German
2 entries- Autist noun (person with autism)
- Autistin noun (person with autism)
Greek
1 entries- αυτιστικό noun (person with autism)
Hebrew
1 entries- אוטיסט noun (person with autism)
Hungarian
1 entries- autista noun (person with autism)
Ido
1 entries- autisto noun (person with autism)
Italian
1 entries- autista noun (person with autism)
Korean
1 entries- 자폐인 noun (person with autism)
Polish
4 entries- autyczka noun (person with autism)
- autyk noun (person with autism)
- autysta noun (person with autism)
- autystka noun (person with autism)
Russian
1 entries- аути́ст noun (person with autism)
Spanish
1 entries- autista noun (person with autism)
Swedish
1 entries- autist noun (person with autism)
West-Frisian
1 entries- autist noun (person with autism)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Tom's not an autist, he's an idiot.
Source: tatoeba (12889143)
Most autists are not artists, as most artists are not autists; but in the chance of their coming together […] there must, I think, be an interaction between the two, so that the art takes on some of the strengths and weaknesses of autism […]
Source: wiktionary
Like children and animals, autists have relatively rudimentary conceptual lives.
Source: wiktionary
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