Meanings
noune-literacy (usually uncountable, plural e-literacies)
plural e-literacies
- uncountableusuallyThe quality or degree of being e-literate.
E-literacy derives not from bibliophobia, then, but from the miraculous and evolving advent of digital technology, the Information Age and the Electronic Word.
2008, Mark Bauerlein, The Dumbest Generation, →ISBN, page 67
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From e- + literacy or e-literate + -cy.
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APA
e-literacy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-literacy
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“e-literacy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-literacy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “e-literacy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-literacy.
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