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strephosymbolia

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from σύμβολον
  2. derived from symbolus
  3. derived from symbole
  4. formed as strephosymbolia — “grc:στρέφω + symbol + -ia”

Definitions

  1. A tendency, associated with word blindness, to twist or invert certain similar letters…

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for strephosymbolia. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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