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literacy

literacy

30 3.4
Skill to find, understand, and use information in a specific area like digital media
  • noun
  • /ˈlɪtərəsi/
translation icon : alfabetización
  • According to Ofsted, employers are still struggling to find staff with suitable literacy and numeracy skills.
  • information literacy
  • technological literacy
  • media literacy

I do think that porn literacy would make a lot of sense.

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Examples

  • The principles of media literacy education are transferable across topics and are not content specific.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Many organizations are implementing programs to improve digital literacy among children and teens.

  • We need media literacy as much, I think, as we need to learn to read.

  • Library staff needs to be highly trained if they are to support students' literacy growth in these areas.

    Academic text (2011)
  • How can we push for science literacy globally?

  • For one thing, more science literacy, more basic literacy, like what is a greenhouse gas?

  • We're not taught financial literacy, we're not taught mindset, we're not taught success principles.

  • There are problems with numeracy as well, but problems with literacy in our society are real.

  • RSS and social bookmarking are two tools that have a place in libraries' information literacy programs.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Do you have any thoughts on how we could cultivate more scientific literacy if that's the right phrase to use?

Antonyms

316 3.9

Not knowing about something or how it works

How Competent

expertise
302 4.9
proficiency
30 4.7
literacy
30 3.4
familiarity
38 2.9
awareness
336 3.2

Surface Forms

literacy singular
literacies plural

Morphology

literacy = literate (semi-transparent) = liter + acy

Formally derived from 'literate' + '-acy' but the sense has been extended metaphorically to domain-specific competencies (e.g., digital literacy), weakening the direct semantic link.

Etymology

Literacy also means knowledge or skill in a particular area, as in digital literacy or media literacy. It uses the same root litera ('letter'): just as you learn to 'read' letters, you learn to 'read' and understand a subject, so literacy is being able to find and use information in that area.