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aliteracy en · NOUN

Etymology

From a- + literacy.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state of having the ability to read, but lacking interest in doing so.
    • Curiously the perfect weapon against rampant aliteracy emerged more than 50 years ago in the form of an utterly addictive synthesis of word and picture: the comic book. 2008 May 11, Larry Doyle, “Cracking the Comics Code”, in New York Times:

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aliterate · illiteracy