Illiteracy

[ɪ'lɪt(ə)rəsɪ] or [ɪ'lɪtərəsi]

Definition

(noun.) an inability to read.

(noun.) ignorance resulting from not reading.

Typist: Marcus--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.

(n.) An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.

Checker: Mattie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Ignorance, want of learning, want of literary culture.

Typed by Hannah