ILLITERACY

illiteracy, analphabetism

(noun) an inability to read

illiteracy

(noun) ignorance resulting from not reading

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

illiteracy (countable and uncountable, plural illiteracies)

(uncountable) The inability to read and write.

(uncountable) The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage.

(countable) A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.

(uncountable, by extension) Unlearnedness; the state of being ignorant or unlettered.

Synonyms

• analphabetism

Antonyms

• literacy

Source: Wiktionary

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Il*lit"er*a*cy, n.; pl. Illiteracies. Etym: [From Illiterate.]

1. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.

2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder. The many blunders and illiteracies of the first publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works. Pope.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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