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Definition of: illiteracy
(i·lit′ər·ə·sē) noun plural ·cies
1. The state of being illiterate or untaught; lack of culture; ignorance of letters; especially, as in census statistics, inability to read or to read and write.
2. A literary blunder or series of such blunders.
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