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Synonyms for enlightening

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Synonyms for enlightening

tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement

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Enlightening talk Brenda was presented with the PS200 by Janette during her and Alana's visit to the Rotary club
Based on extensive research including travels to France where Liberty Enlightening the World was created, an independent scholar chronicles the story behind its conception, construction, and gifting to the US in the wake of the Civil War.
I think that forces and individuals, having no desire to make enlightening changes, but create obstacles to development, are not necessarily official, as they exist within the political extremist current that finds its identity only when returning to the 'zero point'.
Thank you for being an enlightened and enlightening messenger!
In Phillips's hands, Williams's story takes on a resonance that is at once heartbreaking and enlightening, individual and public.
The second alternative is the "Jordanian Option," which is also dismissed by the author for colorful reasons, but hardly enlightening about a complex political struggle.
The three-day conference was amazing and enlightening and left my head spinning for days.
Football fans may leave more than 59 tonnes of waste this weekend, but perhaps it would be more enlightening to know how much paper and cash was wasted on this research.
Notably, although the authors are now grown, each voice is strong, loud and youthful, and each story captivating and enlightening.
She told it "the way it is," and her way with words was enlightening. Many of us who have become friends with Erin and her human family feel like we have been exposed to something good--and we have.