literacy
The ability to read and write.
Other meanings
The ability to understand and evaluate something.
Related words
- carbon literacy
- computer literacy
- cultural literacy
- disciplinary literacy
- e-literacy
- emergent literacy
- food literacy
- information literacy
- sexual literacy
- media literacy
- multiliteracy
- aliteracy
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This definition is adapted from “literacy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.