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PRELITERATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does preliterate mean?
• PRELITERATE (adjective)
The adjective PRELITERATE has 2 senses:
1. not yet having acquired the ability to read and write
2. used of a society that has not developed writing
Familiarity information: PRELITERATE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not yet having acquired the ability to read and write
Similar:
illiterate (not able to read or write)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Used of a society that has not developed writing
Synonyms:
nonliterate; preliterate
Similar:
noncivilised; noncivilized (not having a high state of culture and social development)
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