aliteracy

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noun

The state of having the ability to read, but lacking interest in doing so.

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Meanings

nounaliteracy (uncountable)

alternative alliteracy

  1. uncountableThe state of having the ability to read, but lacking interest in doing so.

    Curiously the perfect weapon against rampant aliteracy emerged more than 50 years ago in the form of an utterly addictive synthesis of word and picture: the comic book.

    2008 May 11, Larry Doyle, “Cracking the Comics Code”, in New York Times

Origin

From a- + literacy.

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APA

aliteracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aliteracy

MLA

“aliteracy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aliteracy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aliteracy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aliteracy.

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