As nouns the difference between literacy and preliteracy
is that literacy is the ability to read while preliteracy is the period before literacy, when a person or culture has not yet learned to read and write.
literacy
English
Noun
(literacies)
the ability to read
understanding of something (ex. computer literacy)
Antonyms
* illiteracy
Derived terms
* numeracy
Related terms
* letter
* literal
* literary
* literate
* literature
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preliteracy
English
Noun
(-)
The period before literacy, when a person or culture has not yet learned to read and write.