literate has definitions from the field of education
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[ adjective ] (education) able to read and write

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

Though it may exist in either literate or illiterate societies , it assumes a role of true cultural importance only in the latter .

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[ adjective ] (education) able to read and write

Related terms

educated

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[ noun ] a person who can read and write

Synonyms

literate_person

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