society without writing, n.Definitions

A Society without writing (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an ethnocentric illusion: every society able to obliterate its proper names already practises writing.