2020-10-15
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด I – Illiterate – ignorant
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Illiterate = ‘ih-LIT-er-it’
ออกเสียง ignorant = ‘IG-ner-uhnt’
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
illiterate
unable to read and write; having little or no formal education:
He has a lot of native intelligence but he is illiterate.
Not to be confused with:
alliterate – to use two or more words having the same initial sound,
as in: Sister Suzie sews shirts for sixty-six seasick sailors.
Dictionary.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR IGNORANT
Ignorant, illiterate, unlettered, uneducated
mean lacking in knowledge or in training.
Ignorant may mean knowing little or nothing, or it may mean uninformed about a particular subject: An ignorant person can be dangerous. I confess I'm ignorant of mathematics.
Illiterate originally meant lacking a knowledge of literature or similar learning, but is most often applied now to one unable to read or write: necessary training for illiterate soldiers.
Unlettered emphasizes the idea of being without knowledge of literature: unlettered though highly trained in science.
Uneducated refers especially to lack ofschooling or to lack of access to a body of knowledge equivalent to that learned in schools: uneducated but highly intelligent.
None of these words mean "lacking in intelligence."
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Choose the Right Synonym for illiterate
IGNORANT, ILLITERATE, UNLETTERED, UNTUTORED, UNLEARNED
mean not having knowledge.
IGNORANT may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing. an ignorant fool ignorant of nuclear physics
ILLITERATE applies to either an absolute or a relative inability to read and write. much of the population is still illiterate
UNLETTERED implies ignorance of the knowledge gained by reading. an allusion meaningless to the unlettered
UNTUTORED may imply lack of schooling in the arts and ways of civilization. strange monuments built by an untutored people
UNLEARNED suggests ignorance of advanced subjects. poetry not for academics but for the unlearned masses
Illiterate, Aliterate, and Innumerate
Illiterate may be used in bothspecific and general senses.
When used specifically, it refers to the inability to read or write.
In a more general sense, illiterate may signify a lack of familiarity with some body of knowledge (as inbeing "musically illiterate")
or indicate a lack of competence in or familiarity with literature.
Illiteracy may be contrasted with aliteracy,
which is “the quality or state of being able toread but uninterested in doing so.”
And in case you were wondering, a person who isunable to understand or perform basic mathematics, as opposed toreading, is innumerate.
The Polite and Not-So-Polite Uses of Ignorant
Ignorant shares a root with the word ignore, one of those etymological connectionswhich appear obvious once they are pointed out, yet remained overlookedby most. Both words come from the Latin ignorare (“to ignore, be ignorant of”). There are several meanings of ignorant, all of which are concerned with a lack of knowledge in some sense; some of these are more insulting than others, and care should be exercised before applying this word to people who you do not wish to offend.
Saying “They were ignorant of most of the laws of physics”
means that the people in question did not have a specific body of learning.
Saying “You are an ignorant person”
is possibly describing someone as primitive, crude, or uncivilized.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary
ignorant
- ignore, ignorant - Ignore and ignorant are from Latin i-, "not," and gno-, "know."
- nescient - Can mean "ignorant" or "agnostic," coming from Latin ne, "not," and scire, "know."
- nice, nicety - Nice first meant "foolish, ignorant," derived from Latin nescius, "ignorant"; nicety first meant "stupidity."
- rude - Derives from Latin rudis, "uncultivated," and first meant "uneducated, ignorant."
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Illiterate – ignorant
An Illiterate person is someone unableto read.
The term has been broadened to mean “unable to read or write.”
Somewhat loosely and inexactly,
Illiterate is now use also to mean not only “unlettered”
but “lacking knowledge or culture”
either in general or in some particular subject or area:
“Because he was Illiterate, he had to sign his name with an X.”
“Because the old woman was Illiterate the nurse had to read the letter to her.”
“I am a musically Illiterate person.”
An ignorant person is one lacking intraining or knowledge, either generally or in some particular subject:
“Although an ignorant man can be dangerous, he is not to be despised or feared.”
“Trish considered herself ignorant in mathematics.”
Ignorant is a broader and more inclusive term thanIlliterate,
but the latter is rapidly acquiring all the meaning of the former.
Possible substitutes to avoid overusing either:
untaught, uninstructed, uneducated, unlettered, uninformed, unaware.
