All 4 Uses of
illiterate
in
The Fountainhead
- You may see that a beautiful woman is inferior to a non-beautiful one, that the literate is inferior to the illiterate, that the rich is inferior to the poor, and the able to the incompetent.†
Chpt 2.8
- The total effect is that of crudeness and architectural illiteracy.†
Chpt 2.12 *
- His father was a longshoreman, a tall, silent, illiterate man who had never gone to school.†
Chpt 3.1
- Any illiterate maniac, any worthless moron who commits some revolting murder, gets shrieks of sympathy from us and marshals an army of humanitarian defenders.†
Chpt 4.13
Definition:
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(illiterate) unable to read or write (not literate)
or:
uninformed in a particular field or general subject areaeditor's notes: Note that "functional illiteracy" means that although one may be able to read or write a little, their ability is inadequate for normal requirements in their society.