ENLIGHTENING
Dictionary entry overview: What does enlightening mean? • ENLIGHTENING (adjective)
The adjective ENLIGHTENING has 2 senses:
1. tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
2. enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
Familiarity information: ENLIGHTENING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ENLIGHTENING (adjective)
Meaning:
Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
Synonyms:
enlightening; illuminating; informative
Context examples:
an enlightening glimpse of government in action / an illuminating lecture
Antonym:
unenlightening (failing to inform or clarify)
Meaning:
Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
Synonyms:
edifying; enlightening
Context example:
the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read
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