Associations to the word «Illiteracy»

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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley