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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Illiteracy  \Il*lit"er*a*cy\,  n.;  pl  {Illiteracies}.  [From 
  {Illiterate}.] 
  1.  The  state  of  being  illiterate,  or  uneducated;  want  of 
  learning,  or  knowledge;  ignorance;  specifically,  inability 
  to  read  and  write;  as  the  illiteracy  shown  by  the  last 
  census. 
 
  2.  An  instance  of  ignorance;  a  literary  blunder. 
 
  The  many  blunders  and  illiteracies  of  the  first 
  publishers  of  his  [Shakespeare's]  works  --Pope. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  illiteracy 
  n  1:  ignorance  resulting  from  not  reading 
  2:  an  inability  to  read  [ant:  {literacy}] 




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