autism
/ˈɔːtɪzəm/noun
mass noun
1- Psychiatry a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts【精神病学】孤独症, 自闭症。
1.1
- a mental condition in which fantasy dominates over reality, as a symptom of schizophrenia and other disorders臆想, 幻想（精神分裂的症状之一）。
派生词
autistic
adjective & noun词源
early 20th cent.: from Greek autos 'self' + -ISM.