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neurodiverse

adj
/ˌnjʊəɹə(ʊ)daɪˈvɜːs/UK/ˌn(j)ʊɹoʊˌdaɪˈvɝs/US

Etymology

From neuro- (prefix denoting the nervous system) + diverse, probably modelled on neurodiversity which was coined by the Australian sociologist Judy Singer (born 1951) in her 1998 Bachelor of Arts dissertation. The latter word was popularized by Harvey Blume in a September 1998 article in The Atlantic.

  1. inherited from diverse — “differently; at various times”
  2. derived from *wert-✻ — “to rotate; to turn”
  3. derived from dīversus — “different, diverse”
  4. derived from divers — “different; of various kinds”
  5. derived from divers
  6. inherited from divers
  7. prefixed as neurodiverse — “neuro + diverse”

Definitions

  1. Of a person

    Of a person: exhibiting neurodiversity; varying in mental configuration from others, especially being on the autism spectrum; of a group: made up of neurodivergent people.

    • "Out of the trauma of COVID came the recognition that working from home does benefit some people who are neurodiverse," says Foster.

  2. Of or pertaining to neurodivergent people or groups.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for neurodiverse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA