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Illiteracy - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun illiteracy

is the inability to read.

illiteracy

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The inability to read.
    • Illiteracy is widespread in certain areas of the country.
  • (uncountable) The portion of a population unable to read, generally given as a percentage.
  • (countable) A word, phrase or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.

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    Antonyms

    * literacy

    Related terms

    * aliteracy * illiterate

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.