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PRONUNCIATION OF STREPHOSYMBOLIA

strephosymbolia  [ˌstrefəʊsɪmˈbəʊlɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STREPHOSYMBOLIA

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Strephosymbolia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STREPHOSYMBOLIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Strephosymbolia

Strephosymbolia was first coined in 1925 by Samuel Orton as being an answer to the implications the term word blindness makes. and help Specifically this new word was created to make a distinction between itself and word-blindness, but no reasons are given for what these distinctions arise from, or what exactly strephosymbolia means other than “a descriptive name for the whole group of children who show unusual difficulty in learning to read.” This definition was subsequently changed in 1937 to specify that as a condition, it creates difficulty in seeing the ends of written words in unfamiliar languages, especially those in which the letters look similar to each other such as b-d, m-n, and p-q.

Definition of strephosymbolia in the English dictionary

The definition of strephosymbolia in the dictionary is a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STREPHOSYMBOLIA


acholia
eɪˈkəʊlɪə
Aeolia
iːˈəʊlɪə
Aetolia
iːˈtəʊlɪə
Anatolia
ˌænəˈtəʊlɪə
folia
ˈfəʊlɪə
foliar
ˈfəʊlɪə
Grolier
ˈɡrəʊlɪə
hemiolia
ˌhemɪˈəʊlɪə
magnolia
mæɡˈnəʊlɪə
melancholia
ˌmɛlənˈkəʊlɪə
Mongolia
mɒŋˈɡəʊlɪə
olea
ˈəʊlɪə
pareidolia
ˌpæraɪˈdəʊlɪə
pignolia
piːˈnəʊlɪə
scholia
ˈskəʊlɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STREPHOSYMBOLIA

strep
strep throat
strepent
streperous
strepitant
strepitation
strepitoso
strepitous
strepsipterous
streptobacilli
streptobacillus
streptocarpus
streptococcal
streptococci
streptococcic
streptococcus
streptokinase
streptolysin
streptomycete
streptomycin

WORDS THAT END LIKE STREPHOSYMBOLIA

agitated melancholia
amelia
Anglia
Cecilia
dahlia
Delia
Elia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Inner Mongolia
Italia
memorabilia
Morelia
Outer Mongolia
Puglia
Sicilia
Somalia
South Australia
Thalia
Venezia Giulia
Western Australia

Synonyms and antonyms of strephosymbolia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «strephosymbolia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STREPHOSYMBOLIA

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The translations of strephosymbolia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «strephosymbolia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

strephosymbolia
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

strephosymbolia
570 millions of speakers

English

strephosymbolia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

strephosymbolia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قراءة مقلوبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

strephosymbolia
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

strephosymbolia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

strephosymbolia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

strephosymbolia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Strephosymbolia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

strephosymbolia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

strephosymbolia
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

strephosymbolia
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Strephosymbolia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

strephosymbolia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இடவல மாற்றக் கோட்பாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्ट्रेफोसंबोलिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

strephosymbolia
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strephosymbolia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

strephosymbolia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

strephosymbolia
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

strephosymbolia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

strephosymbolia
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

strephosymbolia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

strephosymbolia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

strephosymbolia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of strephosymbolia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STREPHOSYMBOLIA»

The term «strephosymbolia» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.706 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STREPHOSYMBOLIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about strephosymbolia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STREPHOSYMBOLIA»

Discover the use of strephosymbolia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to strephosymbolia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Special Education, 3 Volume Set
Strephosymbolia is a Greek term that literally means “twisted symbol.” Originally used by Samuel T. Orton, strephosymbolia is most commonly used in discussions regarding dyslexia. Orton and others noticed that when certain children read, ...
Cecil R. Reynolds, Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, 2007
2
Health Yearbook 1953
Although his difficulty may be an intellectual deficiency, he deserves careful study in respect to hearing, poor vision, brain damage, and strephosymbolia, a condition found in ambidextrous persons who do not have a dominant half of the brain.
Health Yearbook 1953
3
Developmental Psychopathology, Risk, Disorder, and Adaptation
Orton observed a striking tendency in reading-disabled children to twist the order of letters in words while reading or spelling, which led him to introduce the term strephosymbolia (literally, twisted symbols). Because letter reversals were “not ...
Dante Cicchetti, Donald J. Cohen, 2006
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Identification of Learning Disabilities: Research To Practice
Strephosymbolia thus seems nicely suited to our cases inwhich our analysis points to confusion,because ofreversals, in the memoryimages ofsymbols resulting inafailure of association between the visually presentedstimulusand its concept.
Renee Bradley, Louis Danielson, Daniel P. Hallahan, 2002
5
Reading and Writing Disorders in Different Orthographic Systems
A further problem with Orion's theory is that in individuals with developmental dysgraphia and a propensity towards levography with the left hand, the most frequent error is not necessarily strephosymbolia. For instance, Leonardo da Vinci ...
P. G. Aaron, R.M. Joshi, 1989
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The History of Special Education: From Isolation to Integration
Orton coined the term strephosymbolia to designate individuals who see "mixed symbols" when they try to read (Orton, 1925). Orton's publications on strephosymbolia attracted considerable attention; they seemed to offer a starting point for ...
Margret A. Winzer, 1993
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Fifty Years in Dyslexia Research
Note 3.3 Orton had offered an ingenious anatomical theory, in which he referred to 'strephosymbolia' – literally 'twisting of symbols' – to explain confusions between 'b' and 'd' ('static reversals') and the writing of letters in the wrong order ...
Tim Miles, 2006
8
Dyslexia and Hyperlexia: Diagnosis and Management of ...
Ironically, the very term Orton chose to replace it — strephosymbolia (literally, twisted symbols) — was later subjected to similar misinterpretation by those who took mirror reversed writing and reading to be the most salient feature of ...
P. G. Aaron, 1989
9
Our Labeled Children: What Every
Orton introduced the concept of strephosymbolia, which literally means "twisted symbols." He believed that reading disability is characterized by individuals' frequent reversals of letters or inversions of words. Thus, a child with strephosymbolia ...
Robert J. Sternberg, Elena Grigorenko, 2000
10
Attention, Behavior, and Learning Problems in Children
Normal Development of Orthography • Ages 4.5 to 6.5 years often will demonstrate reversals in the printing of numbers and letters (output strephosymbolia) • By age 7 years. output strephosymbolia should disappear • Graphic quality of written ...
Warren A. Weinberg, Caryn R. Harper, Roger A. Brumback, 2001

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STREPHOSYMBOLIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term strephosymbolia is used in the context of the following news items.
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The History Of Dyslexia
This phenomenon he called strephosymbolia. He also introduced the term developmental alexia to describe these children with reading difficulties. It was not ... «PsychCentral.com, Jul 14»
2
Readingate: The 100-Year Coverup of Educational Malpractice, Part 2
... word deafness, developmental alexia, congenital alexia, congenital aphasia, dyslexia, strephosymbolia, binocular imbalance, ocular blocks, dyslexaphoria, ... «The New American, Dec 12»
3
Dyslexia begins when the wires don't meet
Eventually, he coined the term "strephosymbolia" to describe that process, and theorized that it was the root cause of dyslexia. One reason that theory persists in ... «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Feb 07»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Strephosymbolia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/strephosymbolia>. Apr 2024 ».
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