Definitions for illiteracy

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illiteracy il·lit·er·a·cy

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

IPA: /ɪˈlɪt ər ə si/

Illiteracy is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 470 anagrams from letters in illiteracy (aceiillrty).

Definitions for illiteracy

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 illiteracy

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

Examples for illiteracy

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

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

The domain of alternatives constitutes the civilization of illiteracy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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