illiteracyEnglishOxford American Thesaurusilliteracy noun 1 the ineffective educational system meant that illiteracy was widespread: illiterateness, inability to read or write. ▷antonyms literacy. 2 his economic illiteracy: ignorance, unawareness, inexperience, unenlightenment, benightedness, lack of knowledge, lack of education; informal cluelessness; literary nescience.
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