antiliterate

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adjective

Opposed to literacy or literature.

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Meanings

adjectiveantiliterate (comparative more antiliterate, superlative most antiliterate)

comparative more antiliterate · superlative most antiliterate

  1. Opposed to literacy or literature.

    Kerouac's orality, learned growing up in a relatively antiliterate culture, encouraged him to generate sound continually.

    1992, James T Jones, A map of Mexico City blues: Jack Kerouac as poet

Origin

From anti- + literate.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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