What does Enlightened mean?

Definitions for Enlightened
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. initiate, enlightenedadjective

    people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity

    "it is very familiar to the initiate"

  2. enlightenedadjective

    having knowledge and spiritual insight

  3. educated, enlightenedadjective

    characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved

    "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate"

Wiktionary

  1. enlightenednoun

    Someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially Buddhism

  2. enlightenedadjective

    educated or informed

  3. enlightenedadjective

    Made aware of something

  4. enlightenedadjective

    Freed from illusion

  5. enlightenedadjective

    Exceedingly wise

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  1. enlightened

    Enlightened refers to having or showing a rational, modern, and well-informed outlook. It can also refer to the state of gaining profound knowledge or spiritual insight, often involving a personal transformation and freedom from ignorance or illusion. Enlightened is often associated with wisdom, greater awareness, and understanding attained through experience or education.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Enlightened in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Enlightened in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Enlightened in a Sentence

  1. Michael McCormack:

    What people need now is a little bit of sensitivity, understanding and real assistance. They need help; they need shelter, they dont need the ravings of some pure, enlightened and woke capital city greenies at this time.

  2. Thomas Jefferson:

    I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion.

  3. Edith Wharton:

    How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be American before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, and having the same intellectual discipline as other civilized countries?

  4. Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely:

    Sweden has crossed all red lines in relations with Israel, this is defamation of Israel and the statements are distancing Sweden from the ranks of enlightened nations that can take part in the dialogue about rights in the region.

  5. Frederick Douglass:

    I know no class of my fellowmen, however just, enlightened, and humane, which can be wisely and safely trusted absolutely with the liberties of any other class.

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