illiteracy, n.Definitions

Illiteracy is picked on too much — the illiterate who cannot read or write was probably born that way.

Illiteracy is rife with drawbacks. For example, it's worth wondering if illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup.

Illiteracy is more of an attitude than a faculty. Nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

Illiteracy is not so bad — at least you can never be misinformed through reading.

Illiteracy is about more than reading and writing — nowadays, the illiterates can read and write.

Illiteracy is no worse than being able to read but choosing not to, for the man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

Illiteracy is always coincident with poverty. There is no literate population in the world that is poor, and there is no illiterate population that is anything but poor.

Illiteracy is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.