Analphabet

Quick meaning: Analphabet is a noun meaning A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.

Meaning

A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.

More Meanings

1. Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate.

Example Sentences

And of the Mohammedan population nearly all the women are analphabet.

In 1861, out of a total population of 21,777,331, there were no less than 16,999,701 "analphabetes," or persons absolutely unable to read.

The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete.

The porter was an analphabete, but together / we found your name, down among the Os, / and there you were, my brave love, / in a loose hospital gown that covered nothing; […]

Word Forms

• analphabets
• analphabete

Synonyms for analphabet

Depending on context, synonyms include illiterate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include illiterate, illiterati, unletteredness, aliterate, illiteracy, semiliterate.

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