illiteracy

Meanings

Plural: illiteracies

Noun

• ignorance resulting from not reading
• an inability to read
• The inability to read and write.
• The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage.
• A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.
• Unlearnedness; the state of being ignorant or unlettered.

Synonyms

analphabetism

Antonyms

literacy

Related Words

aliteracy, alphabetism, illiterate