"I'm not referencing the autistic neurotype at all. The medical terminology is newer than the basic meaning of the word, not a pejorative added after the fact. The psychiatric term only dates back to 1912.

Literally and etymologically (which are generally the same thing), autism means selfism. Depending on the dictionary, its basic meaning is something like "characterized by abnormal subjectivity" (that's from American Heritage) or "a tendency to view life in terms of one's own needs and desires" (that's the more lax dictionary.com)."

Then I have an autistic philosophy and am in no way ashamed of it.

Literally and etymologically (which are generally the same thing), autism means selfism. Depending on the dictionary, its basic meaning is something like "characterized by abnormal subjectivity" (that's from American Heritage) or "a tendency to view life in terms of one's own needs and desires" (that's the more lax dictionary.com).

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"Mercury + Jupiter: Intellectual; but frivolous, mischievous, unable to focus or concentrate, absent-minded, autistic"

Autistic people usually have excellent focus and concentration. The use of the term here is pejorative and inaccurate, and I request it is removed."

True. The word wasn't used here in the medical sense, though, but in the more literal meaning of "self-istic," i.e., self-absorbed, viewing everything as if oneself is the only thing that matters in the universe.

I've never been sure that using this word as a diagnostic label is any more accurate than using "hysteria" (literally "uterus behavior") for "conversion disorder;" but I do tend to 'autistic' in its non-medical sense because there isn't another word that quite captures the flavor. "Selfish" and "self-absorbed" just don't do it.

They seem to be at odds. They're darker and they clash. The "texture" (for lack of a better term) is "coarse" and "hard" and there's ALOT going on. It's almost like looking at someone wearing an outfit with too many colors that don't even match!

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