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autism (n.)
1912, from German
Autismus
, coined 1912 by Swiss psychiatrist Paul Bleuler (1857-1939) from comb. form of Greek
autos-
"self" (see
auto-
) +
-ismos
suffix of action or of state. The notion is of "morbid self-absorption."
