non-readern.
/nɒnˈriːdə/, U.S. /nɑnˈridər/ A person who is unable to read, or who chooses not to read; one who does not habitually read.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [noun] > illiterate person
unlettered1449
illiterate1628
non-reader1689
letterless1760
analphabetic1880
analphabet1881
society > communication > reading > reader > [noun] > disinclination to read > a person with a disinclination to read
non-reader1689
aliterate1964
1689 R. Hooke Diary 1 Feb. in R. T. Gunther Early Sci. in Oxf. (1935) X. 94 To Sharp Burnet Sermons: Bisshops & clergy non-readers: Soldiers & Seamen assisters to County militia & Gentry letters for some new members.
1850 S. S. Ellis Guide to Social Happiness 3/1 An apology addressed to the non-readers of fiction.
1857 De Bow's Rev. Nov. 557 An absolute increase of..fifteen hundred per annum of non-readers.
1938 S. Beckett Murphy 162 Murphy, a strict non-reader.
1964 M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia iv. 16 Monroe, too, preferred the old-fashioned phonic approach, saying darkly that it was better to be a slow reader than a non-reader.
1991 Classical Rev. 41 396 There is also available now, for non-readers of Russian, the French translation..of V. Marinovic's book.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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