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Definition of Nonliterate
1. Adjective. Used of a society that has not developed writing.
Definition of Nonliterate
1. Adjective. Not literate; illiterate ¹
2. Noun. A nonliterate person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonliterate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonliterate
Literary usage of Nonliterate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Measuring Literacy: Performance Levels for Adults by Robert Mason Hauser (2005)
"This created a de facto cut score between the nonliterate in English and below
basic performance levels. Consequently, all test takers who performed poorly ..."
2. Adult Literacy And New Technologies: Tools For A Lifetime by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"No single test or indicator can adequately discriminate between the literate and
the nonliterate. Nevertheless, whether the yardstick includes the ..."
3. Afghanistan's Two-Party Communism: Parcham and Khalq by Anthony Arnold (1983)
"... of an unpopular communist minority of a discredited intelligentsia in an
overwhelmingly conservative, nonliterate, and increasingly hostile population. ..."
4. Working with Indigenous Knowledge: A Guide for Researchers by Louise Grenier (1998)
"... not men Villagers (rich and poor, literate and nonliterate, young and old,
women and men) participate in the research design, data analysis, ..."
5. Gender and the Information Revolution in Africa by Eva-Maria Rathgeber, Edith Ofwona Adera (2000)
"Such research might be of immense benefit to African women, the majority of whom
are nonliterate and do not have English as their mother tongue. ..."
6. Adult Literacy Education: Current and Future Directions, an Update by Hanna Arlene Fingeret (1994)
"... in the native language/mother tongue of the learners is one of the best options
for programs serving nonliterate learners who share a common language. ..."
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