WORD BLINDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does word blindness mean? 

• WORD BLINDNESS (noun)
  The noun WORD BLINDNESS has 1 sense:

1. inability to perceive written words

  Familiarity information: WORD BLINDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WORD BLINDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inability to perceive written words

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

alexia; visual aphasia; word blindness

Hypernyms ("word blindness" is a kind of...):

aphasia (inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion)