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If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
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Meaning of "illiteracy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ILLITERACY

illiteracy  [ɪˈlɪtərəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ILLITERACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Illiteracy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ILLITERACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

illiteracy

Literacy

Literacy is the ability to read and write. The inability to do so is called illiteracy or analphabetism. Visual literacy also includes the ability to understand visual forms of communication such as body language, pictures, maps, and video. Evolving definitions of literacy often include all the symbol systems relevant to a particular community. Literacy encompasses a complex set of abilities to understand and use the dominant symbol systems of a culture for personal and community development. In a technological society, the concept of literacy is expanding to include the media and electronic text, in addition to alphabetic and number systems. These abilities vary in different social and cultural contexts according to need, demand and education. The primary sense of literacy still represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from a critical interpretation of the written or printed text. The key to all literacy is reading development, a progression of skills that begins with the ability to understand spoken words and decode written words, and culminates in the deep understanding of text.

Definition of illiteracy in the English dictionary

The definition of illiteracy in the dictionary is the quality of being unable to read and write.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ILLITERACY


accuracy
ˈækjʊrəsɪ
aliteracy
eɪˈlɪtərəsɪ
confederacy
kənˈfɛdərəsɪ
conspiracy
kənˈspɪrəsɪ
curacy
ˈkjʊərəsɪ
degeneracy
dɪˈdʒɛnərəsɪ
democracy
dɪˈmɒkrəsɪ
federacy
ˈfɛdərəsɪ
hypocrisy
hɪˈpɒkrəsɪ
innumeracy
ɪnˈjuːmərəsɪ
inveteracy
ɪnˈvɛtərəsɪ
itineracy
ɪˈtɪnərəsɪ
literacy
ˈlɪtərəsɪ
numeracy
ˈnjuːmərəsɪ
piracy
ˈpaɪrəsɪ
preliteracy
priːˈlɪtərəsɪ
regeneracy
rɪˈdʒɛnərəsɪ
retiracy
rɪˈtaɪərəsɪ
subliteracy
sʌbˈlɪtərəsɪ
unregeneracy
ˌʌnrɪˈdʒɛnərəsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ILLITERACY

illiberalness
Illich
illicit
illicitly
illicitness
Illimani
illimitability
illimitable
illimitableness
illimitably
illinium
Illinoian
Illinois
Illinoisan
Illinoisian
illiquid
illite
illiterate
illiterately
illiterateness

WORDS THAT END LIKE ILLITERACY

antipiracy
aristocracy
autocracy
computer literacy
Delian Confederacy
emotional literacy
functional illiteracy
inaccuracy
kleptocracy
liberal democracy
magistracy
meritocracy
pinpoint accuracy
plutocracy
racy
social democracy
technocracy
the Confederacy
theocracy
Tracy

Synonyms and antonyms of illiteracy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ILLITERACY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «illiteracy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of illiteracy

Translation of «illiteracy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ILLITERACY

Find out the translation of illiteracy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of illiteracy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «illiteracy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

文盲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el analfabetismo
570 millions of speakers

English

illiteracy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

निरक्षरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأمية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неграмотность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

analfabetismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিরক্ষরতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

analphabétisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buta huruf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Analphabetentum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

非識字
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문맹
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wigati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mù chữ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கல்வியறிவின்மை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरक्षरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cehalet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

analfabetismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

analfabetyzm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неграмотність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

analfabetismul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναλφαβητισμού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongeletterdheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

analfabetism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

analfabetisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of illiteracy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLITERACY»

The term «illiteracy» is regularly used and occupies the 57.461 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ILLITERACY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «illiteracy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «illiteracy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about illiteracy

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10 QUOTES WITH «ILLITERACY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word illiteracy.
1
Karen Black
Illiteracy is rampant. People are out of communication.
2
Derek Bok
Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competitiveness, improve the quality of government, and overcome the problems of illiteracy, miseducation, and unemployment.
3
Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould
Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will take good care that their illiteracy is not made a reproach on them.
4
Bobby Ghosh
There's much talk about how there can't be democracy in a region that has problems of illiteracy and poverty. But I bring a different idea to the table when I say, 'Guys, I come from India. I'm more optimistic coming from where I'm coming.'
5
Danny Glover
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
6
Bruce Jackson
The U.S. government has in recent years fought what it termed wars against AIDs, drug abuse, poverty, illiteracy and terrorism. Each of those wars has budgets, legislation, offices, officials, letterhead - everything necessary in a bureaucracy to tell you something is real.
7
Ken Jennings
I have condemned my kids to a lifetime of geographic illiteracy.
8
Abdul Qadeer Khan
Hatred, intolerance, poor hygienic conditions and violence all have roots in illiteracy, so we're trying to do something to help the poor and the needy.
9
Ronald Knox
The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.
10
Nursultan Nazarbayev
As of today, we do not need expert reports by the authoritative analytical institutions to realise that the reasons for such a situation in our community lie in global inequality, poverty and illiteracy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ILLITERACY»

Discover the use of illiteracy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to illiteracy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
Readers of Innumeracy will be rewarded with scores of astonishing facts, a fistful of powerful ideas, and, most important, a clearer, more quantitative way of looking at their world.
John Allen Paulos, 2011
2
Illiteracy: a national dilemma
This book is the first to take a clear analytical look at the facts and the serious implications of this complicated problem, placing it squarely within the context of this country's history and current environment.
David Harman, 1987
3
Illiteracy
Discusses the different forms or degrees of illiteracy in the United States, how this problem affects people, and what is being done about it.
Sean M. Grady, 1994
4
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Phenomena related to the transition from a literacy-dominated civilization to one of various means of expression and communication are at the center of his book.
Mihai Nadin, 1997
5
Cora Wilson Stewart: Crusader Against Illiteracy
Stewart's work still resonates today: her methods and accomplishments serve as an inspiration and model for literacy workers in their continuing battle with illiteracy in America.
Willie Nelms, 1997
6
Changing Patterns of Illiteracy in Morocco: Assessment ...
Living Standards Measurement Study No. 115.
Victor Lavy, Jennifer E. Spratt, Nathalie Leboucher, 1995
7
Our Common Illiteracy: Education as If the Earth and People ...
Our Common Illiteracy takes seriously the international consensus that Education for Sustainability (EfS) is crucial to the survival of humankind.
Rolf Jucker, 2002
8
The Challenge of Illiteracy: From Reflection to Action
First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Zaghloul Morsy, 1994
9
Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens ...
Journalist and bestselling author Mooney and scientist Kirshenbaum offer an impassioned polemic about the dangers of America's scientific illiteracy.
Chris Mooney, Sheril Kirshenbaum, 2009
10
Scottish Literacy and the Scottish Identity: Illiteracy and ...
This book tests the belief that Scotland had the most literate population in the early modern world.
R. A. Houston, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ILLITERACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term illiteracy is used in the context of the following news items.
1
China: 100-year-old woman learns to read and write - CNN.com
Luo said that his mother's illiteracy had haunted her since she was young. A former vegetable vendor, Zhao once received a big order from a ... «CNN, Jul 15»
2
D.C.'s Chinatown has only 300 Chinese Americans left, and they're …
Tang's illiteracy has made her vulnerable to abuse. She says her co-workers tell her tauntingly: “Shouldn't you be good at math if you're ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Fighting illiteracy and absenteeism
It appears that the incidence of illiteracy is more prevalent in southern inner harbour towns where for example only 3% of Marsa's population ... «MaltaToday, Jul 15»
4
Making a Difference: Books for Collier Kids working to address …
Books for Collier Kids has been working diligently to address the problem of illiteracy in Collier County for 10 years now, having been founded ... «Naples Daily News, Jul 15»
5
Press release: New £10000 grants to continue drive to eliminate …
We are serious about eliminating illiteracy in this country which means we need to reach a position where every primary school is teaching ... «Military Technologies, Jul 15»
6
Illiteracy no hurdle for aspiring entrepreneur
Never to late to learn. Cristita Belhida is one of 35 residents of Dalaguete chosen to undergo a three-day entrepreneurship seminar. «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
7
Obiano Promises To Tackle Health Illiteracy In Rural Areas
Obiano Assures To Tackle Health Illiteracy In Rural Areas The Anambra State Governor has promised to tackle health illiteracy among women ... «CHANNELS TELEVISION, Jul 15»
8
Sinn Fein aligns itself with economic illiteracy and chaos
... parties such as Podemos in Spain and Sinn Fein will not be able to bask in victory, but will be associated with economic illiteracy and chaos. «Belfast Newsletter, Jul 15»
9
Local teacher retires with career contributions to overcome illiteracy
MUNCY - Chalk dust swiftly glides through the air as eleventh graders loudly laugh and gossip about the upcoming summer, just days away; ... «The Luminary, Jul 15»
10
Illiteracy holding back achche din
JAIPUR: The major thrust of the state government is on skill development programmes these days. But achieving the desired result would be ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

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