Literacy

Noun

 * 1) the ability to read
 * 2) understanding of something (ex. computer literacy)

Antonyms

 * illiteracy

Related terms

 * letter
 * literal
 * literary
 * literate
 * literature

Thesaurus
bibliolatry, bibliomania, bluestockingism, book learning, book madness, bookiness, bookishness, booklore, classical scholarship, classicism, culture, donnishness, eruditeness, erudition, humanism, humanistic scholarship, intellectualism, intellectuality, learnedness, letters, pedantism, pedantry, reading, scholarship

Etymology
From literate: + -cy:

Translations

 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: alfabetisering, alfabetisme
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: خوێنده‌واری
 * Portuguese: alfabetização, alfabetismo
 * Russian: грамотность (grámotnost`)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:


 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:


 * German: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * : అక్షరాస్యత (aksharaasyata)