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illiteracy

noun as in inability to read or write

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It’s a tip of the hat to willful blindness, lack of critical thought and historical illiteracy.

From Salon

The American public is sinking into a pit of civic illiteracy, a curse that will only grow as the complicity of so many feeds the machine of violence.

From Salon

That is, it's the product of media incompetence and public illiteracy.

From Salon

White illiteracy rates, for instance, were four times higher in the South than in the North.

From Salon

She fears that the absence of this support, due to fear and lack of funds, could increase rates of illiteracy.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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