Associations to the word «Enlightening»
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Wiktionary
ENLIGHTENING, verb. Present participle of enlighten
Dictionary definition
ENLIGHTENING, adjective. Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture".
ENLIGHTENING, adjective. Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read".
Wise words
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.