illiteracy

2 definitions found

illiteracy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Illiteracy \Il*lit"er*a*cy\, n.; pl. Illiteracies. [From
     Illiterate.]
     1. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; lack of
        learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability
        to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last
        census.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The many blunders and illiteracies of the first
              publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]

illiteracy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  illiteracy
      n 1: ignorance resulting from not reading
      2: an inability to read [syn: illiteracy, analphabetism]
         [ant: literacy]