preliterate
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If a child was preliterate she sent books, if floods destroyed towns she gave cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
But it seems similarly poised to tear through the preliterate set like a baby sharknado.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2019
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
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