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antiliteracy

antiliteracy adjective: opposed to literacy.

Adjective

antiliteracy (not comparable)

  1. Opposed to literacy.
    • During the era of slavery, Southern antiliteracy laws prevented black people from learning to read.

Origin of antiliteracy

From anti- + literacy.

Questions about antiliteracy

What does antiliteracy mean?
Antiliteracy means opposed to literacy.
What part of speech is antiliteracy?
Antiliteracy is an adjective.

Words near antiliteracy in the dictionary

  1. antilipotoxic
  2. antilipotropic
  3. antilipoxygenase
  4. antiliquor
  5. antilisterial
  6. antiliteracy
  7. antiliteral
  8. antiliteralism
  9. antiliterary
  10. antiliterate
  11. antiliterature

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