enlightened

/ ɪnˈlaɪtənd /

adjective

1. factually well-informed, tolerant of alternative opinions, and guided by rational thought

   an enlightened administration

   enlightened self-interest

2. privy to or claiming a sense of spiritual or religious revelation of truth

   the search for an enlightened spiritual master

Example Sentences

Funny side characters—the enlightened mom who looks down on people who use diapers; the chatty wife who will not stop talking about her husband’s vasectomy—fill out a believable cast.

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More likely, they aim to attract tourists, spur economic growth, and burnish their reputations as fun and enlightened places.

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For a time, Byerley belonged to a social-media movement that has given antidepressants a makeover—from a stigmatized medicine to a healthy lifestyle accessory for enlightened and empowered young women.

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In Miranda’s “Hamilton” audiences saw what America could be if it were truly an egalitarian, enlightened society unhindered by the ugly racism that scarred it from the very start.

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As is the case in “Downton,” the rich protagonists and their servants in “The Gilded Age” are portrayed as one grand family, and people like Agnes and Ada as racially enlightened.

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Related Words

• civilized 
• knowledgeable 
• literate 
• open-minded 
• reasonable 
• sophisticated 
• tolerant 
• well-informed