'Illiteracy' definitions:
Definition of 'illiteracy'
(from WordNet)
noun
Ignorance resulting from not reading
noun
An inability to read [syn: illiteracy, analphabetism] [ant: literacy]
Definition of 'Illiteracy'
From: GCIDE
- Illiteracy \Il*lit"er*a*cy\, n.; pl. Illiteracies. [From Illiterate.]
- 1. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; lack of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder. [1913 Webster]
- The many blunders and illiteracies of the first publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works. --Pope. [1913 Webster]