Etymology

postautistic

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Today it means: Of or relating to a political movement that criticises neoclassical economics and advocates a pluralistic approach. Full definition →

French autisme-économie
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  1. French · derived fromautisme-économie“autism economics”
  2. English todaypostautistic

From post- + autistic, derived from the French autisme-économie (“autism economics”), itself from an older sense of French autisme to mean "abnormal subjectivity" or "acceptance of fantasy rather than reality."

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