literacy

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literacy

/ˈlɪtəɹəsi/ UK
/ˈlɪtɹəsi/ UK
/ˈlɪtəɹəsi/ Canada, US
[-ɾ(ə)ɹə-] Canada, US
/ˈlɪtɹəsi/ Canada, US
/ˈlɪtɹəsi/ Australia
/ˈlətəɹəsi/ New Zealand
[ˈləɾəɹəsi] New Zealand
/ˈlətɹəsi/ New Zealand

Where it comes from

From liter(ate) + -acy.

noun literacies

countable, uncountable The ability to read and write. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday (September 8, 2025) declared Himachal as a “fully literate State” on the occasion of International Literary Day. […] Journey from 7% to 99.30%: The Chief Minister said Himachal Pradesh had reached this goal well before the scheduled ti
broadly, countable, uncountable The ability to understand and evaluate something. computer literacy

Opposite: illiteracy

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: literate, literary, literature, reading, write, writing, read, education, handwriting, instruction, learning, culture, knowledge, readability, popularization, cultural

noun

Opposite: illiteracy

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noun ability to read and write

Español	alfabetismo, alfabetización
한국어	문해 munhae
中文	認字 /认字 rènzì, 識字 /识字 shízì, 讀寫能力 /读写能力 dúxiě nénglì
हिन्दी	साक्षरता sākṣartā
Português	alfabetização, alfabetismo, letramento, literacia
Français	littératie, littérisme, alphabétisme
Deutsch	Lese- und Schreibfähigkeit
Italiano	alfabetismo, alfabetizzazione
Ελληνικά	αλφαβητισμός alfavitismós
Română	alfabetizare, alfabetism, instruire, școlire, știință de carte
Русский	гра́мотность grámotnostʹ
العربية	مَحْو الْأُمِّيَّة maḥw al-ʔummiyya
עברית	אוֹרְיָנוּת oryanút

noun understanding of something

Español	cultura, competencia
中文	能力 nénglì, 素養 /素养 sùyǎng
हिन्दी	साक्षरता sākṣartā
Français	compréhension
Deutsch	Kenntnisse, Bildung
Ελληνικά	γνώση gnósi
Русский	гра́мотность grámotnostʹ
עברית	אוֹרְיָנוּת oryanút

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@misc{literacy_2026,
  title = {literacy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/literacy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}