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From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
enlightening
adj 1: tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an
enlightening glimpse of government in action" [syn: {informative},
{instructive}] [ant: {unenlightening}]
2: 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" [syn:
{edifying}] [ant: {unedifying}]
3: highly enlightening; making understandable or clarifying;
"an illuminating lecture"; "illuminating pieces of
information" [syn: {illuminating}] [ant: {unilluminating}]
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