word blindness

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. inability to perceive written wordsSynonyms: visual aphasiaalexiaType of aphasia
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Word blindness

Physiology, inability to understand printed or written words or symbols, although the person affected may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write correctly. {Landois, Leon.

From the entry Word.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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