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

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