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aliterate, a. (and n.)|eɪˈlɪtərət|
[f. a- 14 + literate a. and n.]
Of a person: unwilling to make use of any reading ability he or she may possess; disinclined to read. Hence, of a society: characterized by aliteracy. Also as n., an aliterate person.
1966Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 25 June 10/1 The student body there consisted of boys who hated books, boys who had gotten into trouble. ‘They were not only illiterate,’ Fader says, ‘they were a-literate.’ 1981Presstime Sept. 4/1 ‘Aliterates’—those people who can read but who, for whatever reasons, choose not to. (‘Aliterate’ is a term ignored by Webster's but used here, and in the jargon of most reading specialists, to mean one who can but won't read.). 1985N.Y. Times 12 June 26/4 We live in an aliterate society. 1991Wilson Q. Summer 81/1 As an English teacher it is particularly disturbing to see fewer and fewer of even the brightest students reading, except when a grade is involved. The new term for these nonreaders is ‘aliterate’. |