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illiteracy

inability to read and write
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illiteracy
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illiteracy

Summary

illiteracy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (190 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • illiteracy is a type of functional illiteracy[2].
  • illiteracy's Commons category is recorded as Illiteracy[3].
  • illiteracy is the opposite of literacy[4].
  • illiteracy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Illiteracy[5].
  • illiteracy's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[6].
  • illiteracy's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • illiteracy's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6498[8].
  • illiteracy's different from is recorded as functional illiteracy[9].
  • illiteracy's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q65410807[10].

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Definition and Type

illiteracy is a type of functional illiteracy[2]. illiteracy is the opposite of literacy[4].

Why It Matters

illiteracy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (190 views/month).[1] illiteracy has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] illiteracy is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

literacy The Reader

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → literacy
    Different from → functional illiteracy
    Permanent duplicated item → Q65410807
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26824, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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