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antiliterate

antiliterate adjective: opposed to literacy or literature.

Adjective

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

Forms of antiliterate

comparativemore antiliterate
superlativemost antiliterate

Origin of antiliterate

From anti- + literate.

Questions about antiliterate

What does antiliterate mean?
Antiliterate means opposed to literacy or literature.
What part of speech is antiliterate?
Antiliterate is an adjective.

Words near antiliterate in the dictionary

  1. antilisterial
  2. antiliteracy
  3. antiliteral
  4. antiliteralism
  5. antiliterary
  6. antiliterate
  7. antiliterature
  8. antilithiatic
  9. antilithic
  10. antilithics
  11. antilithium

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