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Synonyms for illiteracy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-lit-er-uh-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɪt ər ə si |
Top 10 synonyms for illiteracy Other synonyms for the word illiteracy
- benightedness
- empty-headedness
- half-knowledge
- illiterateness
- incomprehension
- innocence
- inscience
- insensitivity
- lack of education
- mental incapacity
- naiveté
- nescience
- oblivion
- obtuseness
- philistinism
- rawness
- sciolism
- shallowness
- simplicity
- unawareness
- unconsciousness
- uncouthness
- unenlightenment
- unfamiliarity
- unscholarliness
- vagueness
Définition of illiteracy
Origin :- 1650s, from illiterate + -cy. Earlier in this sense was illiterature (1590s).
- noun ignorance
- And the American drama has to be filtered through that sort of—of illiteracy?
- Extract from : « Blue-grass and Broadway » by Maria Thompson Daviess
- Since that time we have reduced the illiteracy of the race at least 45 per cent.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- On which part should the stigma of illiteracy set the uglier brand?
- Extract from : « Irish Books and Irish People » by Stephen Gwynn
- The degree of illiteracy is difficult to quantify, but the result is easy to notice.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- The domain of alternatives constitutes the civilization of illiteracy.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- So, is the USA the epitome of the civilization of illiteracy?
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- The civilization of illiteracy renders these and all other books senseless.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- This is no longer the case in the civilization of illiteracy.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- This is what prompts concerns about the civilization of illiteracy.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- In the civilization of illiteracy, the situation is reversed.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
Antonyms for illiteracy
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