Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who is affected by dyslexia.
- adjective Of or relating to dyslexia.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to or affected with dyslexia.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of or pertaining to dyslexia.
- adjective same as
dyslectic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
dyslexia . - adjective Having dyslexia.
- noun A person who has
dyslexia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having impaired ability to comprehend written words usually associated with a neurologic disorder
- adjective of or relating to or symptomatic of dyslexia
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Examples
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Page 28 students they call dyslexic, a made-up word to apologize to themselves for their failure in the public schools in my opinion.
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In Bernhard Schlink's 1995 novel and the current film based on it, the word dyslexic is never used.
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The term dyslexic eventually became a catch – all term used to account for people who failed to learn to read despite apparent intellectual capacity and environmental support (ibid.).
Barriers to Reading Comprehension « Literacy Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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When I was identified as dyslexic, my parents sat me down, explained to me that this was how my mind worked and I should never be ashamed of it but I should also never use it as a crutch.
"So, Refilwe, You're Retarded?!" Jade 2009
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When I was identified as dyslexic, my parents sat me down, explained to me that this was how my mind worked and I should never be ashamed of it but I should also never use it as a crutch.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jade 2009
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Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre , said: It has been known for many years that boys are more likely to be identified as dyslexic than girls but research in the United States indicates that this is because boys are easier to identify.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Martin Chilton 2011
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Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre , said: It has been known for many years that boys are more likely to be identified as dyslexic than girls but research in the United States indicates that this is because boys are easier to identify.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Martin Chilton 2011
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Unless something changes soon, and the addition of Indians 'misspelled first name dyslexic
Bless You Boys 2010
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International comparisons and the fact that so called dyslexic children have no more trouble learning to read than other children, if the appropriate teaching methods are used.
Obsolete 2009
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This is really fascinating and to think that he would probably have been labelled dyslexic at school.
The Life Without School Community Blog Laureen Hudson 2008
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My good friend Ray Ray is by way of aggressive assumptions, dyslexic.
June 3, 2011