Definition of Analphabetism

1. Noun. An inability to read.

Exact synonyms: Illiteracy
Generic synonyms: Inability
Derivative terms: Analphabetic
Antonyms: Literacy

Definition of Analphabetism

1. Noun. Illiteracy, the inability to read and write. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Analphabetism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Analphabetism

analogons
analogous
analogously
analogousness
analogousnesses
analogs
analogue
analogue computer
analogue hole
analogue watch
analogues
analogy
analphabet
analphabetic
analphabetics
analphabetism (current term)
analphabetisms
analphabets
analphalipoproteinaemia
analvos
analysability
analysable
analysand
analysands
analysation
analyse
analysed
analyser
analysers
analyses

Literary usage of Analphabetism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Christ for Latin America by James Hector McLean (1916)
"... might be worse calamities than an untaught populace; yet, all over these countries, a train of evils seems to have joined the retinue of analphabetism. ..."

2. Russia from Within by Alexander Ular (1905)
"... they break the record of all the civilised peoples of Europe, America, and Asia, with eighty-nine individuals indicted with analphabetism out of 100. ..."

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