illiteracy

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noun

1

The inability to read and write.

Illiteracy is widespread in certain areas of the country.

The heroines of these plays speak out against intraracial biases, stereotyping, lynchmobs, illiteracy, poverty, promiscuity, self-righteousness, verbally abusive men, rape, and miscegenation. […] Without warning the doctor, she chokes the life out of her child in order to keep him safe from white lynchmobs.

2

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

3

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

4

Unlearnedness; the state of being ignorant or unlettered.

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widespread

Widespread illiteracy made it difficult for many people to find good jobs in the early 1900s.

QUANT

level, rate

ILLITERACY + NOUN

rate

The government is working to reduce illiteracy rates in rural areas.

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noun — an inability to read

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literacy

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Illiteracy is widespread in certain areas of the country.

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The heroines of these plays speak out against intraracial biases, stereotyping, lynchmobs, illiteracy, poverty, promiscuity, self-righteousness, verbally abusive men, rape, and miscegenation. […] With

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While some local governments ignore the illiteracy problem, others are actively campaigning to teach people to read and write. In the villages of Xiping County in Henan Province in central China, stud

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The percentage of illiteracy in that country is 36%.

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Monolingualism is the illiteracy of the 21st century.

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In a society that uses thousands of logograms, there is much hidden illiteracy that people don't talk much about in public.

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