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Illiteracies

Illiteracy \Il*lit"er*a*cy\, n.; pl. Illiteracies. [From Illiterate.]

  1. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; lack of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.

  2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder.

    The many blunders and illiteracies of the first publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works.
    --Pope.

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illiteracies

n. (plural of illiteracy English)

Usage examples of "illiteracies".

It is also full of illiteracies and misprints ("A schematic illustration of the blast wave is shown in the neat page?