Illiteracy
Pronunciation : Il*lit"er*a*cy
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [From Illiterate.]
Definition : 1. The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.
2. An instance of ignorance; a literary blunder. The many blunders and illiteracies of the first publishers of his [Shakespeare's] works. Pope.
pl. Illiteracies.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913