aliterate
Can but won't
An aliterate person can read but chooses not to.
Unlike illiterates, who lack the skill, aliterates have the ability but no interest in exercising it: He's not illiterate, just aliterate—he hasn't picked up a book since high school.
The term often carries mild disapproval, suggesting squandered capacity.
Broadcast viewing device
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- podcastsEpisodic digital audio programs
- audiobooksNarrated literary recordings
- videoRecorded moving imagery
scrolling · binge-watching · entertainment · YouTube · TikTok · Netflix · clickbait · soundbites
Educational program's content plan
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- bibliotherapyTreatment through guided reading
nonreader
One lacking literacy
- disinclinedAverse to acting
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
television
Broadcast viewing device
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- podcastsEpisodic digital audio programs
- audiobooksNarrated literary recordings
video · scrolling · binge-watching · entertainment · YouTube · TikTok · Netflix · clickbait · soundbites · skimming
curriculum
Educational program's content plan
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
aliteratevoracious reader
One who consumes books insatiably
bookworm · bibliophile · well-read · reader · literate
aliteratebibliophile
Lover of books
literary · bookish · literati · man of letters · cultured
literature, literal, literary, literate, literacy, illiterate, obliterate, illiteracy, obliteration