illiteracy

/ษชหˆlษชt(สƒ)ษนษ™si/

IPA: /IH0 L IH1 T ER0 AH0 S IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    The inability to read and write.

    โ€œIlliteracy is widespread in certain areas of the country.โ€

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

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

Antonyms

literacy

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