0 a lack of the ability to read and write:
In the rural areas, illiteracy is widespread.
Teachers and other professionals are taking part in a campaign to eradicate illiteracy.
My scientific illiteracy was about to be exposed.
Geographic illiteracy is a problem that only can be tackled by making the subject more interesting to students.
1 the fact of being unable to read and write:
adult illiteracy
The government is trying to combat high rates of illiteracy.
2 a situation in which someone knows little or nothing about a particular subject:
Rates of poverty, illiteracy and unemployment remain high.
She talked about her crusade to combat illiteracy in the United States.
This is an experiment attacking historical illiteracy.
It is economic illiteracy to pretend that demand can be stemmed by curbing supply.
Thus, the production of development discourse continues as stories of poverty, malnutrition, under development and illiteracy persistently appear in texts and practices.
Meaningful analysis of female occupation and illiteracy is thus non-viable because of the scarcity of data.
First, the information costs of contesting elections increased, as illiteracy rates declined and media coverage (including radio) expanded.
In this respect a particular story illustrates how illiteracy impacts on electoral participation.
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