illiteracy

Meaning

Noun

• The inability to read and write.
• The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage.
• A word, phrase or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.
• Unlearnedness; the state of being ignorant or unlettered.

Related

Similar words

• analphabetism

Opposite words

• literacy

Origin

• in- + literacy