preliterate

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Keller’s comparison between a ship lost in the fog and her preliterate life provides insight into her mental state.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Myths themselves commonly embody the religious beliefs of ancient or preliterate peoples, but Philip Ball suggests that we are still generating them.

From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2021

The most puzzling part of the whole civilisation-to-the-rescue proposal is that whenever modern-day explorers have encountered preliterate people, the violent ones have invariably been the explorers.

From The Guardian • Mar. 12, 2019

The same gestures can be identified as prideful by 4-year-old children, and by people in preliterate societies throughout the world.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2015

It is difficult to prove that preliterate people were motivated by faith rather than economic necessity.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari