[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

illiteracy \illit"eracy\, n.; pl. illiteracies. from
   illiterate.
   1. the state of being illiterate, or uneducated; lack of
      learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability
      to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last
      census.
      1913 webster

   2. an instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.
      1913 webster

            the many blunders and illiteracies of the first
            publishers of his shakespeare's works. --pope.
      1913 webster
see also:
illiteracies illiterate 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

illiteracy
     n 1: ignorance resulting from not reading
     2: an inability to read syn: analphabetism ant: literacy
see also:
analphabetism literacy 

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