literacies
US · UKLIT-uh-ruh-seez/ˈlɪtəɹəsiz/AUSLIT-ruh-seez/ˈlɪtɹəsiz/
- 1Plural of literacy.
Modern curricula recognize multiple literacies beyond simple reading and writing.
Digital and financial literacies have become essential in everyday life.
Note
A plural that exists only because the singular can be counted. Reading and writing make one ability, so the plural leans on the broader meaning of literacy, the ability to understand and evaluate something. There each field gets its own: digital, financial, media literacies. Saying literacies rather than literacy signals that these are treated as separate competences, each learned on its own terms.
literacies is a form of literacy
literacy, noun: The ability to read written language and to write it. Full entry
- Forms
- literacyliteracies plural
- Spelling
- literacy → literacies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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