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    An·al·pha·bet·ic
    /ˌaˌnalfəˈbedik/

    adjective

    • 1. representing sounds by composite signs rather than by single letters or symbols: "Chinese has an analphabetic writing system"
    • 2. completely illiterate: "at least one of my grandmothers was unlettered, analphabetic"
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  2. www.dictionary.com › browse › analphabeticANALPHABETIC Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Analphabetic definition: not alphabetic. See examples of ANALPHABETIC used in a sentence.

  3. www.thefreedictionary.com › analphabeticAnalphabetic - definition of analphabetic by The Free Dictionary

    1. unable to read or write. 2. descriptive of a language written without an alphabet; that is, with a syllabary (Cherokee), in hieroglyphics (ancient Egyptian), in ideograms (Chinese) , or in pictograms (American Indian). See also: Alphabet. -Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved. Thesaurus Antonyms.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › analphabetAnalphabet Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of ANALPHABET is a person who cannot read : illiterate.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › analphabeticAnalphabetic - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic. see more. adjective. having little acquaintance with writing. synonyms: unlettered. illiterate. not able to read or write. noun. an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet.

  6. www.oed.com › dictionary › analphabetic_adjanalphabetic - Oxford English Dictionary

    There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the word analphabetic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishanalphabetic adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    not being one of the letters of the alphabet. (linguistics) representing sounds with signs made of several parts rather than by single letters or symbols. See analphabetic in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishANALPHABETIC definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. not alphabetic. an analphabetic arrangement of letters. 2. unable to read or write; illiterate. analphabetic peoples. 3. Phonetics.

  9. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › analphabeticanalphabetic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Aug 31, 2023 · analphabetic ( comparative more analphabetic, superlative most analphabetic) ( not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic. ( comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write. His system of exchange was that for any book in his bundle you gave him four annas, and any other book.

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › analphabeticAnalphabetic Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    noun. One who is unable to read; an illiterate. American Heritage. Synonyms: analphabet. Origin of Analphabetic. From Greek analphabētos not knowing the alphabet an- not a– 1 alphabētos alphabet alphabet. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. an- (not) + alphabetic. From Wiktionary.

  11. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › analphabeticANALPHABETIC Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words -...

    Synonyms for ANALPHABETIC: ignorant, dark, inexperienced, simple, uneducated, benighted, nonliterate, unschooled; Antonyms of ANALPHABETIC: educated, knowledgeable, brilliant, intelligent, literate, experienced, lettered, expert

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