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illiteracy
noun as in inability to read or write
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They suffer sky-high maternal mortality rates, illiteracy, and a daily struggle against violence and poverty.
It is all a result of segregated communities where illiteracy is rife and the men think they can get away with anything.
The community suffers from significant illiteracy, poverty, unemployment, and crime.
The greatest barrier to improvement is probably adult illiteracy.
Indeed the state of Kentucky, facing staggering rates of adult illiteracy, recently began these programs in early elementary.
She made up the envelope to match and addressed it, with consistent illiteracy, to the head of the mission.
There is no ground for an explanation of such errors 207 as these except laziness and grossest illiteracy.
Other branches of the family bearing the surname had gone to seed and lapsed into illiteracy.
The illiteracy for all Negro children was 25 per cent, whereas the illiteracy for all white children was only 10.5 per cent.
Illiteracy which in 1863 equaled about 95 per cent of the Negro population has been decreasing rapidly since the Civil War.
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On this page you'll find 16 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to illiteracy, such as: functional illiteracy, illiterateness, incomprehension, ineducation, and unenlightenment.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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