Associations to the word «Illiteracy»
Noun
- Literacy
- Malnutrition
- Poverty
- Homelessness
- Unemployment
- Ignorance
- Mortality
- Rate
- Superstition
- Expectancy
- Alcoholism
- Schooling
- Unesco
- Saharan
- Mina
- Cent
- Inability
- Hunger
- Negroes
- Percentage
- Racism
- Discrimination
- Nicaragua
- Lack
- Disparity
- Elimination
- Education
- Aids
- Wipe
- Enrollment
- Persistence
- Hanna
- Lenin
- Hiv
- Defendant
- Sanitation
- Combat
- Adult
- Spelling
- Corruption
- Immigration
- Bolivia
- Countryside
- Exploitation
- Fertility
- Level
- Problem
- Abuse
- Minority
- Productivity
- Addiction
- Emancipation
- Injustice
- Niger
- Shortage
- Morocco
- Access
- Suffrage
- Awareness
- Intellectual
- Ill
- Violence
- Counsel
- Employment
- Campaign
Adjective
Wiktionary
ILLITERACY, noun. (uncountable) The inability to read.
ILLITERACY, noun. (uncountable) The portion of a population unable to read, generally given as a percentage.
ILLITERACY, noun. (countable) A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.
Dictionary definition
ILLITERACY, noun. Ignorance resulting from not reading.
ILLITERACY, noun. An inability to read.
Wise words
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a
kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the
smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to
turn a life around.