Illiteracy

What do we mean by illiteracy?

The condition of being unable to read and write. noun

An error, as in writing or speech, made by or thought to be characteristic of one who is illiterate. noun

The condition or quality of being ignorant or unknowledgeable in a particular subject or field. noun

The state of being illiterate; ignorance of letters; absence of education. noun

An error in the use of letters; a literal or a literary error. noun

The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; lack of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write. noun

An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder. noun

The inability to read. noun

The portion of a population unable to read, generally given as a percentage. noun

A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person. noun

Ignorance resulting from not reading noun

An inability to read noun

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.

(by extension) Unlearnedness; the state of being ignorant or unlettered.

Words that are spelled similarly to illiteracy:
illiteracy, literacy, illiterate, illiteral, illiterati, aliteracy.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word illiteracy:
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Words that rhyme with illiteracy:
literacy.

Adjectives that are often used to describe illiteracy:
adult, widespread, functional, female, mass, high, general, total, economic, scientific, political, cultural, white, complete, rural, biblical, mathematical, religious, much, universal, male, less, massive, emotional, appalling, black, absolute, musical, near, spiritual, semi, moral, rampant, technological, relative, visual, historical, native, prevalent, geographic, gross, highest, comparative, virtual, southern, technical, mere, vast, civic, sheer, pervasive, ecological, scale, utter, urban, theological, parental, extreme, overwhelming, biological, least, anti, profound, excessive, lowest.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective illiteracy:
rate, campaign, campaigns, courses, drive, test, classes, work, movement, figures, program, course, elimination, rates, literature, prevailing, conference, activities, eradication, instructors, level, abolition, percentage, programme.

Words that sound like illiteracy:
illiteracy, illiterati, illiterate, literacy, illiterates, illiteral, elytra, illiterature, aletris, citrusy, illustrous, alliterate, aliterate, ultras, clerisy, alliterates, illiterately, elytron, alliteral, allotropy, militarist, slaughterous, elitist, electros, callitris, interest, intrest, ility, illyria, intrust, miletus, elyria, flight risk, federacy, in trust, biliteral, aliferous.