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English noun: autism

1. autism (cognition) (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people


Broader (hypernym)syndrome


Narrower (hyponym)infantile autism


Domain categorypsychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology









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