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Borrowed from French alphabétisme. Equivalent to alfabet + -isme or alfabeet + -isme.
- IPA(key): /ˌɑl.faː.beːˈtɪs.mə/
- Hyphenation: al‧fa‧be‧tis‧me
- Rhymes: -ɪsmə
alfabetisme n (uncountable)
- literacy [from early 20th c.]