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

literacy \lit"eracy\ li^t"~er.asy^, n.
   state of being literate.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

literacy
     n : the ability to read and write ant: illiteracy
see also:
illiteracy 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

24 moby thesaurus words for "literacy":
   bibliolatry, bibliomania, bluestockingism, book learning,
   book madness, bookiness, bookishness, booklore,
   classical scholarship, classicism, culture, donnishness,
   eruditeness, erudition, humanism, humanistic scholarship,
   intellectualism, intellectuality, learnedness, letters, pedantism,
   pedantry, reading, scholarship

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