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illiteracy |
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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