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dysnomics

dysnomics is the plural of dysnomic.

Meaning of dysnomic

Noun

dysnomic (plural dysnomics)

  1. A person affected by dysnomia.
    • One possible as yet empirically unexplored but provocative explanation links the similarities between young children’s defective colour naming and that of colour dysnomics (see Oxbury, Oxbury & Humphrey 1969).1985 June, Marc H. Bornstein, “Colour-name versus shape-name learning in young children”, in Journal of Child Language, volume 12, number 2, →DOI, page 392

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Questions about dysnomics

What is dysnomics the plural of?
Dysnomics is the plural of dysnomic.

Words near dysnomics in the dictionary

  1. dysnoesia
  2. dysnomia
  3. Dysnomian
  4. dysnomias
  5. dysnomic
  6. dysnomics
  7. dysnomy
  8. dysodil
  9. dysodile
  10. dysodiles
  11. dysodilic

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