- 1. n. 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. Source: opted
- 2. n. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder. Source: opted
- 3. n. ignorance resulting from not reading Source: wordnet
- 4. n. an inability to read Source: wordnet
- 5. 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. Source: webster
- 6. n:100 n. ignorance resulting from not reading n. an inability to read Source: ecdict
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