# autistic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɔːˈtɪs.tɪk/ · frequency rank #16,410

## Definitions
1. Having autism, or pertaining to autism.
2. Socially inept, self-absorbed, or stupid.
3. Characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism. Obsessive.
4. Lame, uncool, stupid.

## Etymology
From autism + -istic or -tic. First attested in 1913. The modern clinical sense is first used in 1943 by Leo Kanner.

## Easily confused with
- **artistic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artistic-vs-autistic)

## Common misspellings (11)
`atuistic`, `auitstic`, `autisitc`, `autisstic`, `autistci`, `autisticc`, `autisttic`, `autitsic`, `autsitic`, `auttistic`, `uatistic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/autistic