Aliteracy
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of having the ability to read, but lacking interest in doing so. uncountable
"Curiously the perfect weapon against rampant aliteracy emerged more than 50 years ago in the form of an utterly addictive synthesis of word and picture: the comic book."
Example
More examples"Curiously the perfect weapon against rampant aliteracy emerged more than 50 years ago in the form of an utterly addictive synthesis of word and picture: the comic book."
Etymology
From a- + literacy.
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