INFANTILE AUTISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infantile autism mean? 

• INFANTILE AUTISM (noun)
  The noun INFANTILE AUTISM has 1 sense:

1. a rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits

  Familiarity information: INFANTILE AUTISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFANTILE AUTISM (noun)

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Meaning:

A rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

there is considerable dispute among specialists concerning infantile autism

Hypernyms ("infantile autism" is a kind of...):

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