literacy

lit·er·a·cy

noun \ˈli-t(ə-)rə-sē\

Definition of LITERACY

: the quality or state of being literate

Examples of LITERACY

1. The program is intended to promote adult literacy among people who have had very little schooling.
2. Their goal is to achieve basic literacy.

First Known Use of LITERACY

1883

Related to LITERACY

Synonyms: erudition, knowledge, learnedness, learning, education, scholarship

Antonyms: ignorance, illiteracy, illiterateness

Related Words: culture, edification, enlightenment; reading; bookishness, pedantry

Near Antonyms: functional illiteracy

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Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody