neurotypical

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neurotypical

  • /ˌnjʊə.ɹəʊˈtɪ.pɪ.kəl/ UK
  • /ˌnʊ.ɹoʊˈtɪ.pɪ.kəl/ US

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adjective more neurotypical · most neurotypical

  1. Having a typical way of processing sensory, linguistic, and social information. Nancy, a high school student, saw herself as being helpful when she told Maureen, a neurotypical peer, that the horizontal lines on her shirt made her look fat.

    Similar: NT · Opposite: neuroatypical, neurodivergent, aneurotypical, neurodiverse

  2. Not autistic; allistic. Think of neurotypical folks as generalists and autistic folks as specialists.

    Similar: NT · Opposite: neuroatypical, neurodivergent, aneurotypical, neurodiverse

noun neurotypicals

  1. One who is neurotypical. Well, let's face it, neurotypicals don't have the same focus you or I have. They always get distracted, by marriage, kids, competitive cooking shows.

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adj having normal way of processing information

Españolneurotípico
한국어신경전형적 sin'gyeongjeonhyeongjeok
中文神經典型 /神经典型 shénjīngdiǎnxíng
Portuguêsneurotípico
Françaisneurotypique
Deutschneurotypisch
Italianoneurotipico
Ελληνικάνευροτυπικός nevrotypikós

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@misc{neurotypical_2026,
  title = {neurotypical},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/neurotypical},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}