neurotypical

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neurotypical — adjective

  • neurotypicalpositive
  • more neurotypicalcomparative
  • most neurotypicalsuperlative

1. having the pattern of thinking, learning, and social behavior that is generally

1.形容詞C1
釋義

having the pattern of thinking, learning, and social behavior that is generally treated as usual, rather than one linked to conditions such as autism

例句

The camp paired neurotypical teens with autistic teens for group projects.

neurotypical + people noun in contrast with autistic peers

At the clinic, parents compared neurotypical milestones with their son's progress.

neurotypical milestones in developmental comparison

同義詞
  • typically developing

    More common in clinical or educational discussion of children and development

  • non-autistic

    Narrower because it only contrasts with autism, not with the wider neurodivergent group

反義詞
  • neurodivergent

    Broader opposite term for people whose brain development or processing differs from the usual pattern

  • autistic

    A specific neurodivergent group, not a full opposite in every context

文法句型

be neurotypical

neurotypical child

neurotypical adults

neurotypical and neurodivergent

用法筆記

Usually describes people, children, adults, or development patterns. In contrastive discussion, it often appears beside neurodivergent to compare how two groups experience the same setting.

常見錯誤

❌The office is neurotypical.
✅Most people in the office are neurotypical.
💡Use neurotypical for people or their development, not for a building or organization itself.