What is "preliterate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does preliterate mean in English? Meaning of preliterate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "preliterate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "preliterate": not yet having acquired the ability to read and write

Adjective

  • Meaning: not yet having acquired the ability to read and write
  • Synonyms: preliterate
  • Similar: illiterate
  • Meaning of "preliterate": used of a society that has not developed writing

    Adjective

  • Meaning: used of a society that has not developed writing
  • Synonyms: nonliterate preliterate
  • Similar: noncivilised noncivilized
  • Adjective: (of a culture) that has not yet developed a written language(of a person) who has not yet learned to read and write
  • Synonyms:

    simple, naive, rudimentary, underdeveloped, unsophisticated, undeveloped, savage, natural, barbarian, raw, animal, wild, rough, austere, barbarous, childlike, fierce, ignorant, rude, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, unlearned, unrefined, untamed, untaught, untrained, undomesticated, atavistic, brutish, nonliterate, untutored, vestigial,

    Antonyms:

    mature, experienced, developed, civilized, kind, polite, current, modern, cultured, sophisticated, calm, tame, nice, refined, mild, moderate, new, present,

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