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word blindness

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word blindness
n.
See alexia.

word-blind (wûrdblnd) adj.

word blindness
n
(Medicine / Pathology) the nontechnical name for alexia and dyslexia
word-blind  adj
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Noun1.word blindness - inability to perceive written wordsword blindness - inability to perceive written words
aphasia - inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
Translations
word blindness ndislessia


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This is an inaccuracy, as she was actually unable to speak at the age of five because of her word blindness.
The issue of word blindness is particularly close to her heart as her son is severely dyslexic.
Giedion realised that architects read images faster than text--he covers the profession's word blindness by describing how the hurried reader can take in Building in France simply by reading the illustrations and their captions.
 
 
 
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