Associations to the word «Illiteracy»
Noun
Wiktionary
ILLITERACY, noun. (uncountable) The inability to read.
ILLITERACY, noun. (uncountable) The portion of a population unable to read, generally given as a percentage.
ILLITERACY, noun. (countable) A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.
Dictionary definition
ILLITERACY, noun. Ignorance resulting from not reading.
ILLITERACY, noun. An inability to read.
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.