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Meanings of autistic savant in English

Russian
синдром саванта
Portuguese
síndrome de savant
Spanish
sindrome del sabio
Catalan
síndrome de savant
Wikidata

Psychological disorder that turns people to a megasavant, with a serious mental disorder.

Related terms
синдром саванта

Person with some exceptional cognitive abilities.

Synonyms
Examples for "savant"
Examples for "savant"
1
The savant of Spanish Leftist political secrets then made the following revelation:
Conspiracy and the Spanish Civil War. The brainwashing of Franci...
2
Here is the cause of difference between the savant and the savage.
The Mystery of Monastery Farm
3
She almost smiled; it really was like talking to a five-year-old savant.
The evolutionary void
4
I say, that wouldn't by any chance be Isaac Newton the savant-?-!
The confusion
5
He had there the savant who set you on your legs again.
The Man With The Broken Ear
1
We met savants and learned men and satisfied them with our explanations.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
2
Our beloved savants have their labs down there, their computers, their projects.
Prince Lestat
3
The eyes of the savants were turned now in my direction.
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
4
But the savants of the sixteenth century generally wrote in Latin.
A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
5
Dolorous and exquisite epoch, say the artists and the religious savants.
Down There
Usage of autistic savant in English
1
He also mentions alternative labels: talented imbecile, parament, talented ament, retarded savant, schizophrenic savant, autistic savant.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
2
Hoffman's character in the 1988 film is an autistic savant with exceptional mental abilities but difficulty relating to other people.
Reuters
3
THE popular 1988 film, Rain Man, stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic savant, and Tom Cruise as Hoffman's younger, materialistic and cynical brother.
The Irish Times
4
He has written several definitive books on the topic, and was a consultant on the film Rain Man, featuring Dustin Hoffman as an autistic savant.
Radio NZ
5
Shaking his head for focus, Hamish bent closer and repeated his question louder, interrupting Lacey's intense labor with the autistic savant and the Jamaican science-maestro.
Existence
6
Serious skepticism remains, however, both on the use of TMS and Snyder's theory about autistic savants.
Wired
7
Treffert believes that autistic savants simply use their right brain more, because the left brain is damaged.
Wired
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Snyder's experiment was based on research into the remarkable abilities of autistic savants, like Dustin Hoffman's character in Rain Man.
Wired