Relating to or characterized by illiteracy or the inability to read and write.
Extended form of 'analphabetic' with the suffix '-al', creating a more formal or technical adjective. This variant appears more in scholarly and historical texts.
In early 20th-century literacy campaigns, 'analphabetical populations' was the clinical term used, though it sounds harsh by today's standards when we emphasize different learning abilities.
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