ILLITERACY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does illiteracy mean? 

• ILLITERACY (noun)
  The noun ILLITERACY has 2 senses:

1. ignorance resulting from not reading

2. an inability to read

  Familiarity information: ILLITERACY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILLITERACY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ignorance resulting from not reading

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("illiteracy" is a kind of...):

ignorance (the lack of knowledge or education)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An inability to read

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

analphabetism; illiteracy

Hypernyms ("illiteracy" is a kind of...):

inability (lack of ability (especially mental ability) to do something)

Antonym:

literacy (the ability to read and write)