different between allistic vs ballistic

English

Etymology

From allo- +? -istic, by analogy with autistic; compare allism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ?l?st?k/, /??l?st?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k

Adjective

allistic (not comparable)

1. (neologism) Not autistic.
   • 2013, Corbett Joan O'Toole, "Disclosing Our Relationships to Disabilities: An Invitation for Disability Studies", Disability Studies Quarterly, Volume 33, Number 2 (endnote):

     As with the rest of the article, I am following the conventions of the disabled people I am discussing. Autistics prefer to be called "autistic" and perceive the term "people with autism" as an allistic (non-autistic) phrase.

   • 2013, Ianthe M. Belisle Dempsey, "Autism Acceptance Month (And Why Autism $peaks Should Stop Talking)", Indy (Bloomington–Normal, Illinois), Volume 12, Number 10, April 2013, page 1:

     The ASMC, like A$, aims mostly at helping to ease the “burden” autistic children and family members place on their allistic relatives and caretakers.

   • 2014, Stormy O'Brink, "People with disabilities are not broken", The Northern Iowan (University of Northern Iowa), 28 April 2014:

     For those who don’t know, Autism Speaks has an executive board and leadership made entirely of allistic people, or people who are not autistic.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:allistic.

English

Etymology

From Latin ballista (“a military siege engine for throwing stones”) +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??l?s.t?k/
• Rhymes: -?st?k

Adjective

ballistic (comparative more ballistic, superlative most ballistic)

1. (not comparable) Or relating to ballistics.
2. (comparable) Or relating to projectiles moving under their own momentum, air drag, gravity and sometimes rocket power
3. (comparable, slang) Very angry.

Synonyms

• ballistical

Antonyms

• anti-ballistic
• guided, projectile

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