Illiterati
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Illiterati is a noun meaning Those who cannot read and write Latin.
Meaning
Those who cannot read and write Latin.
More Meanings
- Those who are illiterate or unlearned.
Example Sentences
As a symbol of the “hybrid margin,” pidgin is the subversive lect of the illiterati.
A lower species, indeed, is that of the scribes you mention, who every night compose a journal for the satisfaction of such illiterati
Also known as illiterati (people ignorant of Latin letters), the common run of people were defined intellectually by the limits of their idiom and by the type and "quality" of reading materials available to them.
Aiming to dissipate the "Establishment view" that "Occultism consists of immature psychopathic illiterati with criminal and anti-social tendencies who emanate largely from lower socio-economic stratas of our society," .
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clerisy, ludus, interlingua, classic.
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