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Princeton's WordNet
enlightening, informative, illuminatingadjective
tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
"an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture"
edifying, enlighteningadjective
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"
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enlightening
Enlightening refers to providing knowledge, understanding, wisdom, or spiritual illumination to someone, often resulting in a clearer or broadened perspective or awareness. It implies imparting information in a way that educates and illuminates the mind, often leading to a revelatory or transformative shift in understanding or perception.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of enlightening in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of enlightening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of enlightening in a Sentence
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It will be very enlightening to see the content of the emails as (the inspector general) continues the investigation.
At least [ fans ] are able to leave their own world behind for a few hours, and hopefully, they can have something they can take away that is enlightening and inspiring.
History's lessons are no more enlightening than the wisdom of those who interpret them.
Why in the world anyone would look at an interview with George as being anything enlightening or having a modicum of truth, I don't know, but that's just me.
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