- word blindness
- nouninability to perceive written words• Syn: ↑visual aphasia, ↑alexia• Hypernyms: ↑aphasia
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inability to recognize or read written words or letters
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word blindness
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Word blindness — Word Word, n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. or[eth], Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. wa[ u]rd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. rh twr an orator. Cf. {Verb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
word blindness — n ALEXIA word blind adj * * * see alexia * * * alexia … Medical dictionary
word blindness — n. ALEXIA word blind adj … English World dictionary
word blindness — word .blindness n [U] ↑dyslexia … Dictionary of contemporary English
word blindness — word′ blind ness n. pat alexia • Etymology: 1880–85 word′ blind , adj … From formal English to slang
word blindness — alexia. [1880 85] * * * … Universalium
word-blindness — noun dyslexia … Wiktionary
word blindness — noun The common term for alexia … Wiktionary
word blindness — noun less technical term for alexia, or (less accurately) for dyslexia … English new terms dictionary
word blindness — noun (U) dyslexia … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
