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autism [ˈɔːtɪzəm] n (Psychiatry) Psychiatry abnormal self-absorption, usually affecting children, characterized by lack of response to people and actions and limited ability to communicate: children suffering from autism often do not learn to speak [from Greek autos self + -ism] autistic adj & n
autism 1. a tendency to daydream. See also: Dreams
2. Psychiatry. an extreme withdrawal into fantasy in thought or behavior, not correctible by external information. — autistic, adj. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Lapidus shifted the equilibrium of architecture from the autistically self-referential purity of the high-Modernist "duck" (Venturi's term) toward the shameless user-friendliness of the "decorated shed. |
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