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Synonyms for literacy
ˈlɪt ər ə silit·er·a·cy

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  1. literacynoun

    Antonyms:
    illiteracy

  2. literacynoun

    Antonyms:
    illiteracy

  3. literacynoun

    Antonyms:
    illiteracy

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. literacynoun

    the ability to read and write

    Antonyms:
    analphabetism, illiteracy

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  1. List of paraphrases for "literacy":

    'alphabétisation, illiteracy, literate, knowledge

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How to use literacy in a sentence?

  1. Irina Bokova:

    Literacy is the door to knowledge, essential to individual self-esteem and empowerment.

  2. Jordan Shapiro:

    Personally, I don't know how I feel about capitalism. But I do know that while it is here we have to raise kids who are capable of ethical reasoning about it, trying to make these videos will build critical media literacy skills, and a chance to understand what it takes to make a successful one.

  3. Mark Bailey:

    If you don't develop that sense of literacy and attachment and connection to the Earth early on, it's really, really difficult later on, it's' What can I get out of the Earth,( and) how the Earth can serve my purpose ?' instead of' How can I connect with this place ?

  4. John Khongthohrem:

    All this [focus on cleanliness] started with a literacy and sanitation drive a couple of decades ago, and soon villagers realized that we can make this a model for tourism.

  5. Mark Ronchetti:

    We're 51st in education in this state, now that they count D.C., and they go and lay out social studies standards that are not designed to fight our literacy issues, not designed to fight our math issues or writing issues, they're designed to divide kids, and it makes no sense.


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