preliterate

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In between were larger groups of seminomadic tribes that were mostly preliterate, with more loosely fixed memberships and territorial ranges than the settled societies.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Myths themselves commonly embody the religious beliefs of ancient or preliterate peoples, but Philip Ball suggests that we are still generating them.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2021

Reading these books aloud, as I’m doing for our preliterate child, can be a little hard to finesse.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2020

In the meantime, however, cultural anthropologists and human rights organisations abhor the inevitable implication that preliterate people live in chronic violence.

From The Guardian • Mar. 12, 2019

While all those types of information were also transmitted by other means in preliterate societies, writing made the transmission easier, more detailed, more accurate, and more persuasive.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond