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The meaning of ENLIGHTENED is freed from ignorance and misinformation. How to use enlightened in a sentence.
showing understanding and wisdom in dealing with others: This company is an enlightened and reasonable employer. Enlightened also means open to new ideas and facts based on reason and science rather than following old, false beliefs: Every enlightened person rejects racism in all its forms.
Combine these meanings — "into the light" — and you're describing what it is that characterizes an enlightened person: a sense of clarity and understanding. People often seek to be enlightened spiritually, by taking pilgrimages, meditating, or looking to spiritual gurus like the Dalai Lama.
Synonyms for ENLIGHTENED: educated, civilized, enhanced, matured, modern, grown, mature, perfected; Antonyms of ENLIGHTENED: retarded, primitive, lower, undeveloped, rudimentary, backward, rude, low.
Enlightened definition: factually well-informed, tolerant of alternative opinions, and guided by rational thought. See examples of ENLIGHTENED used in a sentence.
The meaning of ENLIGHTEN is to furnish knowledge to : instruct. How to use enlighten in a sentence.
The parent who requests a label does not ask to be enlightened, but to test and reinforce the child's lexicon.
