Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

e-literacy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: e-lit-er-a-cy
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or degree of being e-literate.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"E-literacy derives not from bibliophobia, then, but from the miraculous and evolving advent of digital technology, the Information Age and the Electronic Word."

Etymology

From e- + literacy or e-literate + -cy.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

e-literacies (plural)

Questions

What does e-literacy mean?: The quality or degree of being e-literate.
Where does e-literacy come from?: From e- + literacy or e-literate + -cy.

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