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What is the noun for illiteracies?

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illiteracy
  1. (uncountable) The inability to read and write.
  2. (uncountable) The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage.
  3. (countable) A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Poverty and illiteracy characterized southern Italy, where two-thirds of the immigrants originated.”
      “By the end of next month we will have succeeded in eradicating the illiteracy of 1,300,000 Venezuelans.”
      “Colin, despite his general enthusiasm for cons, harbors contempt towards what he considers the illiteracy of many fans.”
illiterati
  1. Those who are illiterate or unlearned.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Even the former cooking illiterati now know that tip about adding vinegar to a poached egg pan.”
      “The difference between the twitterati and the internet illiterati comes down to much more than broadband speed.”
      “Many of these potential and actual readers were computer illiterati buying their first machine, and needed intelligible guidance.”
illiterature
  1. (archaic) Lack of learning; illiteracy.
illiterate
illiterateness
illiterates
  1. plural of illiterate
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He says with a hint of anguish that more than literates, it is the so-called illiterates who are forthright and capable of accepting challenges.”
      “Without history you find yourself like illiterates who can't read the present.”
      “The Merovingian kings were not boorish illiterates, but were able to read and write.”
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