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strephosymbolia

strephosymbolia noun: a tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters (such as b and d) when reading.

Noun

strephosymbolia (uncountable)

  1. A tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters (such as b and d) when reading.

strephosymbolia meaning in Tamil

strephosymbolia in Tamil

இடவலமாற்றம்

Origin of strephosymbolia

Coined in 1925 by Samuel Orton. From Ancient Greek στρέφω (stréphō, “turn aside”) + symbol + -ia.

Questions about strephosymbolia

What does strephosymbolia mean?
Strephosymbolia means a tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters (such as b and d) when reading.
What is strephosymbolia in Tamil?
Strephosymbolia in Tamil is இடவலமாற்றம். See Strephosymbolia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is strephosymbolia?
Strephosymbolia is a noun.

Words near strephosymbolia in the dictionary

  1. strepavidin
  2. strepent
  3. streperous
  4. Strephon
  5. Strephons
  6. strephosymbolia
  7. strepitant
  8. strepitantly
  9. strepitous
  10. strepitously
  11. strepozotocin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: strephosymbolia (page history and authors); strephosymbolia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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