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illiteracy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | analphabetism |
| Type of | inability |
illiteracy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | ignorance |
Examples of illiteracy
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Yet as we will show this week, illiteracy is almost more insidious than poverty.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
I know the shame associated with illiteracy, and I want people to be encouraged.
From the chron.com
Do your bit for the environment by descending into a fug of drooling illiteracy.
From the guardian.co.uk
American advisors have been struggling with illiteracy among Afghan Army troops.
From the nation.time.com
They reveal that the capital's illiteracy crisis is far worse than was thought.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Because of illiteracy, people cannot distinguish between astronomy and astrology.
From the scienceblogs.com
Arguing against its literal meaning exposes a certain illiteracy in the author.
From the positivesharing.com
In African countries female illiteracy is almost a third higher than that of men.
From the businessweek.com
This mission aims to bring down female illiteracy by half of its present level.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Ignorance resulting from not reading
- An inability to read
- (illiterate) a person unable to read
- (illiterate) ignorant: uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"
- (illiterate) lacking culture, especially in language and literature
- Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read and write. It is a concept claimed and defined by a range of different theoretical fields. ...
- The inability to read; The portion of a population unable to read, generally given as a percentage; A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person
- (ILLITERATE) This term is applied to one unacquainted with letters.
- (illiterate) SChreiben und lesens unkundig
