enlightening
informative, instructive, or eye-opening; giving intellectual or spiritual light: You are encouraged to watch this very enlightening video to better understand what small family farms are up against.
Origin of enlightening
1Other words from enlightening
- en·light·en·ing·ly, adverb
- non·en·light·en·ing, adjective
- un·en·light·en·ing, adjective
Words Nearby enlightening
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How to use enlightening in a sentence
Meyer inverted the traditional hierarchy that placed the customer first, creating a philosophy that he called “enlightened hospitality,” which argued that to make diners happy a business had first to make employees happy.
Danny Meyer wants to bring everyone to the table after a fractious election. Twitter says: Too soon. | Tim Carman | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostThe book is a critical study of the allegories Americans have lived by for more than two centuries, and how they continue to both enlighten and steer us wrong.
Noble virtues, bad history: How Greece and Rome influenced America’s founders | Charles King | November 6, 2020 | Washington PostBut one of the most enlightening experiences was realizing how close all of this hits to home.
A Rallying Cry Against the Oversexualization of Our Youth | Darryl Roberts | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe resulting text is both social commentary and annotated memoir—equal parts enlightening and enjoyable but sharp throughout.
This Week’s Hot Reads: March 18, 2013 | Jimmy So, G. Clay Whittaker | March 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAll in all, it was about as enlightening and informative than your usual presidential press conference.
Yet it is occasionally enlightening to see that attitude given such clear and unequivocal expression.
Reading this revealing book was both upsetting and enlightening and made me proud of my father for his foresight and courage.
Not even the description of Wilbur had proved very enlightening.
Riders of the Silences | John FrederickHe had been fond of talking to her about it, and enlightening her on some of its leading principles.
A Houseful of Girls | Sarah TytlerOwing to an overcast sky, the view was not a great deal more enlightening than that which we had had from below.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonI think there were on the island (now occupied by the statue of Liberty enlightening the World) about three hundred recruits.
The Memoirs of General P. H. Sheridan, Complete | General Philip Henry SheridanVal felt instantly he was laughing at her for a kind of travesty of Liberty enlightening the World.
The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins
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