Meanings
noundysgraphia (countable and uncountable, plural dysgraphias)
plural dysgraphias
- countableuncountableA language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
Near-synonym: agraphia
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Students with dysgraphia have severe problems learning to write.
1997, Sharon Vaughn, Candace S. Bos, Jeanne Shay Schumm, Teaching Students who are Exceptional, Diverse, and At Risk in the General Education Classroom, published 2007, page 390Synonyms: agraphia
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA language disorder that affects a person's ability to write.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dews-?
- Proto-Indo-European*dus-
- Proto-Hellenic*dus-
- Ancient Greekδυσ- (dus-)
- New Latindys-
- Englishdys-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishdysgraphia
From dys- + -graphia. First attested in 1892.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian дисграфи́я
- дисграфи́я (disgrafíja)language disorder
Catalan disgrafia
- disgrafialanguage disorder
Chinese Mandarin 書寫困難 /书写困难
- 書寫困難 /书写困难 (shūxiě kùnnán)language disorder
Czech dysgrafie
- dysgrafielanguage disorder
Esperanto disgrafio
- disgrafiolanguage disorder
Estonian düsgraafia, vaegkirjutamine
- düsgraafialanguage disorder
- vaegkirjutaminelanguage disorder
Finnish dysgrafia, kirjoitushäiriö
- dysgrafialanguage disorder
- kirjoitushäiriölanguage disorder
French dysgraphie
- dysgraphielanguage disorder
German Dysgraphie, Schreibschwäche
- Dysgraphielanguage disorder
- Schreibschwächelanguage disorder
Greek δυσγραφία
- δυσγραφία (dysgrafía)language disorder
Hebrew דיסגרפיה
- דיסגרפיה (disgráfya)language disorder
Hungarian diszgráfia, írászavar
- diszgráfialanguage disorder
- írászavarlanguage disorder
Irish diosgraife
- diosgraifelanguage disorder
Italian disgrafia
- disgrafialanguage disorder
Japanese 書字障害
- 書字障害 (shojishōgai)language disorder
Polish dysgrafia
- dysgrafialanguage disorder
Portuguese disgrafia
- disgrafialanguage disorder
Russian дисграфи́я
- дисграфи́я (disgrafíja)language disorder
Swedish dysgrafi
- dysgrafilanguage disorder
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with dysgraphia
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APA
dysgraphia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysgraphia
MLA
“dysgraphia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysgraphia. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dysgraphia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysgraphia.
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