inability to understand written or printed language; alexia
Word origin
[1880–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: automatism, barnstorm, irredentist, pari-mutuel, rain check
Examples of 'word blindness' in a sentence
word blindness
Word blindness didn't stop him in his first business venture, a student magazine, when he was 16.