Illiteracy
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The inability to read. The portion of a population unable to read, generally given as a percentage. A word, phrase or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.
Example sentence: My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
Analphabetism
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.