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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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