nonliterate

Example Sentences

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Such a practice would have been especially useful in nonliterate societies where knowledge was transmitted orally.

From New York Times

In nonliterate societies, minstrels occupy a place of power, both as guards of the people’s history and remodelers of the myths they tell.

From New York Times

“The big issue with a project of this sort is that these are nonliterate people,” he said.

From Washington Times

More quickly: The child who learns to read about his nonliterate ancestors necessarily separates himself from their way of life.

From Literature

After we become literate, we literally "think differently" about language: images of brain activation between literate and nonliterate humans bear this out.

From The Guardian