Is Illiterateness a Real Word?

The condition of being ignorant; lack of knowledge or learning: benightedness, ignorance, illiteracy, nescience.

What is the politically correct term for illiterate?

Some common synonyms of illiterate are ignorant, unlearned, unlettered, and untutored. While all these words mean "not having knowledge," illiterate applies to either an absolute or a relative inability to read and write.

Can you call someone an illiterate?

illiterate Add to list Share. You can describe a person unable to read or write as illiterate. ... Illiterate, from the Latin illiteratus “unlearned, ignorant,” can describe someone unable to read or write, but it can also imply that a person lacks cultural awareness.

Alexander Ross

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