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| Main Entry: |
enlightenment
 [en-lahyt-n-muhnt] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | awareness, understanding |
| Synonyms: | bodhi, broad-mindedness, civilization, comprehension, cultivation, culture, edification, education, information, insight, instruction, knowledge, learning, literacy, open-mindedness, refinement, sophistication, teaching, wisdom |
| Antonyms: | bewilderment, confusion, ignorance, puzzlement |
| Main Entry: | civilization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | culture, sophistication |
| Synonyms: | acculturation, advancement, breeding, civility, cultivation, development, edification, education, elevation, enlightenment, illumination, polish, progress, refinement, social well-being |
| Antonyms: | barbarism, primitiveness |
| Main Entry: | cultivation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | culture, sophistication, education |
| Synonyms: | advancement, aestheticism, breeding, civility, civilization, delicacy, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, gentility, good taste, grounding, improvement, learning, letters, manners, polish, progress, refined taste, refinement, schooling, taste |
| Notes: | culture is acquired by study and application; cultivation is developed by training and exposure |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, unsophistication |
Example Sentences
- Gaining enlightenment is like the moon reflecting in the water.
- The journey was a very personal one that did offer enlightenment for me at the finish.
- As with Buddhism itself, enlightenment does not come easy.
| Main Entry: | culture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | breeding, education, sophistication |
| Synonyms: | ability, accomplishment, address, aestheticism, art, capacity, civilization, class, courtesy, cultivation, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, dress, elegance, elevation, enlightenment, erudition, experience, fashion, finish, gentility, good taste, grace, improvement, kindness, learning, manners, nobility, perception, polish, politeness, practice, proficiency, refinement, savoir-faire, science, skill, tact, training, urbanity |
| Main Entry: | disclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | announcement, revelation |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, advertisement, betrayal, blow-by-blow, broadcast, confession, declaration, discovery, divulgation, divulgence, enlightenment, exposal, exposure, exposé, handout, impartance, impartation, leak, make, picture, publication, revealing, revealment, rundown, snitch, squeal, tip*, tip-off, uncovering, unveilment, ventilation |
| Antonyms: | secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | edification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | improvement, education |
| Synonyms: | betterment, elevation, elucidation, enhancement, enlightenment, guidance, illumination, information, instruction, irradiation, knowledge, learning, nurture, schooling, teaching, tuition, uplifting |
| Antonyms: | destruction, worsening |
| Main Entry: | education |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | instruction, development of knowledge |
| Synonyms: | apprenticeship, background, book learning, brainwashing, breeding, catechism, civilization, coaching, cultivation, culture, direction, discipline, drilling, edification, enlightenment, erudition, finish, guidance, improvement, inculcation, indoctrination, information, learnedness, learning, literacy, nurture, pedagogy, preparation, propagandism, proselytism, reading, rearing, refinement, scholarship, schooling, science, study, teaching, training, tuition, tutelage, tutoring |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| Main Entry: | erudition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | higher education |
| Synonyms: | bookishness, brains, cultivation, culture, enlightenment, intellectuality, knowledge, learnedness, learning, letters, literacy, lore, pedantry, refinement, savvy, scholarliness, scholarship, science, studiousness |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| Main Entry: | illumination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clear understanding |
| Synonyms: | awareness, clarification, edification, education, enlightenment, information, insight, inspiration, instruction, perception, revelation, teaching |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, misconception, misunderstanding, obscurity, vagueness |
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