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subliteracy

subliteracy noun: the state or condition of being subliterate.

Noun

subliteracy (usually uncountable, plural subliteracies)

  1. (usually) The state or condition of being subliterate.
    • Their study found disturbing amounts of subliteracy among many people who had nonetheless managed to squeak their way through school to a diploma or degree.
    Synonyms:
    semiliteracy

Synonyms of subliteracy

Forms of subliteracy

pluralsubliteracies

Origin of subliteracy

From sub- + literacy.

Questions about subliteracy

What does subliteracy mean?
Subliteracy means the state or condition of being subliterate.
What part of speech is subliteracy?
Subliteracy is a noun.
What is the plural of subliteracy?
The plural of subliteracy is subliteracies.

Words near subliteracy in the dictionary

  1. sublinks
  2. subliquid
  3. sublist
  4. sublists
  5. subliteracies
  6. subliteracy
  7. subliterary
  8. subliterate
  9. subliterately
  10. subliterates
  11. subliterature

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subliteracy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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