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[syn: illiteracy, analphabetism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Illiteracy \Il*lit"er*a*cy\, n.; pl. Illiteracies. [From
Illiterate.]
1. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; lack of
learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability
to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last
census.
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2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.
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The many blunders and illiteracies of the first
publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works. --Pope.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
illiteracy
n 1: ignorance resulting from not reading
2: an inability to read [syn: illiteracy, analphabetism]
[ant: literacy]