Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preautistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: preautis-tic
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before the readily apparent onset of autism.

Example Sentences

"Bettelheim's (1967) theory of autism proposes that for several possible reasons (e.g., pain or discomfort, misperception) the preautistic child perceives that his mother has rejected him/her and begins to withdraw from him/her […]"

Etymology

From pre- + autistic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does preautistic mean?: Before the readily apparent onset of autism.
Where does preautistic come from?: From pre- + autistic.

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