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hyperliteracy

hyperliteracy noun: very high literacy.

Noun

hyperliteracy (uncountable)

  1. Very high literacy.
    • But to audiences who appreciate the collision of hyperliteracy with parables from the tabloids, she’s an outstanding M.C.2007 September 6, Virginia Heffernan, “A Pop Savant, Up Late and Armed With Wit”, in New York Times
  2. Familiarity with hypertext technologies.

Origin of hyperliteracy

From hyper- + literacy.

Questions about hyperliteracy

What does hyperliteracy mean?
Hyperliteracy means very high literacy.
What part of speech is hyperliteracy?
Hyperliteracy is a noun.

Words near hyperliteracy in the dictionary

  1. hyperlipoproteinaemias
  2. hyperlipoproteinaemic
  3. hyperlipoproteinemia
  4. hyperlipoproteinemias
  5. hyperlipoproteinemic
  6. hyperliteracy
  7. hyperliteral
  8. hyperliteralism
  9. hyperliterally
  10. hyperliterary
  11. hyperliterate

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