Autism vs Mischievous - What's the difference?
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(clinical psychology) Pervasive neurological disorder that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences.
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Causing mischief; injurious.
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Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved.
As a noun autism
is (clinical psychology) pervasive neurological disorder that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences.As an adjective mischievous is
causing mischief; injurious.autism
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(wikipedia autism)Noun
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Synonyms
* (autism spectrum) autistic spectrumHyponyms
(autism spectrum) * Asperger syndrome / Asperger's syndrome / Asperger's / Asperger * autismHypernyms
* autism * autism spectrum * autistic spectrum * autism spectrum disorder * autistic spectrum disorderDerived terms
* autistic * autist * autism spectrum * autistic spectrum * autism spectrum disorder * autistic spectrum disorderCoordinate terms
* on the spectrumSee also
* pervasive developmental disorder (PDD), PDD-NOS * disability, handicap * mutism, selective mutism * special education English words suffixed with -ismmischievous
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Alternative forms
* mischievious, mischevious (common misspellings)Adjective
(en adjective)- Matthew had a twin brother called Edward, who was always mischievous and badly behaved.