| FEDERACY | • federacy n. A form of government where one or several substate units enjoy considerably more independence than the majority. • FEDERACY n. confederacy. |
| LITERACY | • literacy n. The ability to read and write. • literacy n. The ability to understand and evaluate something. • LITERACY n. the ability to read and write. |
| NUMERACY | • numeracy n. The quality of being numerate; numerical skill. • NUMERACY n. the state of understanding basic mathematics. |
| ALITERACY | • aliteracy n. The state of having the ability to read, but lacking interest in doing so. • ALITERACY n. the state of being nonliterate. |
| ITINERACY | • itineracy n. Alternative spelling of itinerancy. • ITINERACY n. making journeys from place to place, also ITINERANCY. |
| DEGENERACY | • degeneracy n. The state of being degenerate (in all senses). • degeneracy n. (Neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to take over another’s function without being overexerted. • DEGENERACY n. the state of being degenerate. |
| ILLITERACY | • illiteracy n. (Uncountable) The inability to read and write. • illiteracy n. (Uncountable) The portion of a population unable to read and write, generally given as a percentage. • illiteracy n. (Countable) A word, phrase, or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person. |
| IMMODERACY | • immoderacy n. The quality of being immoderate. • IMMODERACY n. lack of moderation. |
| INNUMERACY | • innumeracy n. An ignorance of mathematics, or an inability to manipulate numbers. • INNUMERACY n. the state of being innumerate. |
| INVETERACY | • inveteracy n. The state of being inveterate; long continuance; firmness or deep-rooted persistence. • INVETERACY n. the quality of being inveterate. |
| REGENERACY | • regeneracy n. The condition of being regenerated. • REGENERACY n. the state of being regenerated. |
| CONFEDERACY | • confederacy n. An alliance. • confederacy n. (Politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As… • confederacy n. Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America. |
| PRELITERACY | • preliteracy n. The period before literacy, when a person or culture has not yet learned to read and write. • PRELITERACY n. the state of being preliterate, not having developed a written language. |
| SUBLITERACY | • subliteracy n. The state or condition of being subliterate. • SUBLITERACY n. the state of being subliterate. |
| UNREGENERACY | • unregeneracy n. The quality or state of being unregenerate. • UNREGENERACY n. the state of being unregenerate. |