aliteracy
English
Alternative forms
- alliteracy
Etymology
a- + literacy
Noun
aliteracy (uncountable)
- The state of having the ability to read, but lacking interest in doing so.
- 2008 May 11, Larry Doyle, “Cracking the Comics Code”, in New York Times:
- 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.
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Related terms
- aliterate
- illiteracy