different between literacy vs alphabetism

English

Etymology

From literate + -cy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?t.??.si/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?t.??.?.si/

Noun

literacy (countable and uncountable, plural literacies)

1. The ability to read and write.
2. The ability to understand and evaluate something.

   computer literacy; media literacy

Antonyms

• illiteracy

Derived terms

• illiteracy
• multiliteracy
• numeracy
• pluriliteracy

Related terms

• letter
• literal
• literary
• literate
• literature

Translations

Further reading

• literacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• literacy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

alphabet +? -ism

Noun

alphabetism (plural alphabetisms)

1. An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter by letter, such as UN.
2. The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
3. Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
4. Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.

Related terms

• alphabetization
• analphabetism

Translations