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WORD DEAFNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss
Synonyms:
acoustic aphasia; auditory aphasia; word deafness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("word deafness" is a kind of...):
aphasia (inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion)
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