Definitions for illiteracies

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illiteracies il·lit·er·a·cy

Spelling: [ih-lit-er-uh-see]

IPA: /ɪˈlɪt ər ə si/

Illiteracies is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 933 anagrams from letters in illiteracies (aceeiiillrst).

Definitions for illiteracies

noun

1. a lack of ability to read and write.
2. the state of being illiterate; lack of any or enough education.
3. a mistake in writing or speaking, felt to be characteristic of an illiterate or semiliterate person:

Origin of illiteracies

First recorded in 1650-60; illiter(ate) + -acy

Examples for illiteracies

The degree of illiteracy is difficult to quantify, but the result is easy to notice.

The domain of alternatives constitutes the civilization of illiteracy.

On which part should the stigma of illiteracy set the uglier brand?

Since that time we have reduced the illiteracy of the race at least 45 per cent.

Why, for example, are poverty and corruption, poor health and illiteracy, so stubbornly endemic?

They suffer sky-high maternal mortality rates, illiteracy, and a daily struggle against violence and poverty.

illiteracy, a problem for Egypt long before the 2011 revolution, is currently estimated at 30 percent nationwide.

And the American drama has to be filtered through that sort of—of illiteracy?

It is all a result of segregated communities where illiteracy is rife and the men think they can get away with anything.

It is not poverty, illiteracy, or the lack of democratic institutions.