idiot savant

idiot savant
idiot sa·vant 'ē-.dyō-sä-'vän; 'id-ē-ət-sə-'vänt, -'vant n, pl idiots savants -.dyō-sä-'vän(z); -əts-sə-'vänt(s), -'vant(s) or idiot savants a person affected with a mental disability (as autism or mental retardation) who exhibits exceptional skill or brilliance in some limited field (as mathematics or music) called also savant

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an individual whose overall functioning is at the level of mental retardation but who has one or more special intellectual abilities that are advanced to a high level. Musical ability, calculating ability, and rote memory are examples of abilities that may be highly developed. Many such individuals suffer from autism.

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id·i·ot sa·vant (idґe-ət sə-vahntґ) (e-dyoґ sah-vahnґ) [Fr. “learned idiot”] a person who is severely mentally retarded in some respects, yet has a particular mental faculty that is developed to an unusually high degree, as memory, mathematics, or music.

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