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ENLIGHTENING

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• 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.

• ENLIGHTENING (adjective)

Sense 1

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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)

Sense 2

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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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(English proverb)
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(Albanian proverb)
"The stingy has a big porch and little morality."
(Arabic proverb)
"If your friend is like honey, don't eat it all."
(Egyptian proverb)

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