单词 | illiteracy |
释义 | illiteracyn. a. The quality or condition of being illiterate; ignorance of letters; unlearnedness, absence of education; esp. inability to read and write. Also used more generally in sense: ignorance, lack of understanding (of any pursuit, activity, etc.). Cf. illiterate adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [noun] illiterature1592 illiterateness1631 unletteredness1653 illiteracy1660 analphabetism1891 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun] unwitc1175 uncunningnessa1325 uncunninghead1340 uncunningshipa1400 rawness1548 unskill1565 disacquaintance1589 inexperience1595 inacquaintance1597 unacquaintance1598 unaccustomedness1611 unacquaintednessa1617 illiteracy1660 greenness1740 griffinishness1850 unfamiliarity1880 1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos ii. 30 They have..nourisht up Illiteracy it self. 1778 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry II. xiii. 280 To reform the illiteracy of the clergy. 1782 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 1 24 The illiteracy of Mahomet made it necessary for him to find some more learned associate. 1880 S. C. Buxton Hand-bk. Polit. Quest. 43 That literate voters are induced to plead illiteracy so that the briber may know which way they vote. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Sept. 7/2 Comparative illiteracy, as tested by marks instead of names in the registers of marriage. 1965 W. Lamb Posture & Gesture x. 128 Our ‘illiteracy’ in physical behaviour communications is related to our puppet-like proclivities. 1970 Nature 11 Apr. 96/1 The responsibility for carrying out the act was left to local authorities, many of which are apparently more alarmed at being thought to provide ‘sex on the rates’ than by the widespread sexual illiteracy in the British population. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 June 660/5 Combating what was not yet called physical illiteracy and teaching girls and women ease and freedom of carriage and movement. b. An error due to want of learning. ΚΠ 1725 A. Pope Wks. Shakespear I. Pref. p. xiv The many blunders and illiteracies of the first Publishers of his works. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.1660 |
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