enlightening

adj.	1.	enlightening so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement.
	2.	tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; as, an enlightening glimpse of government in action.

Adj.	1.	enlightening - tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action" Synonyms: informative, instructive Antonyms: unenlightening, uninformative, uninstructive - not tending to inform or clarify; "an unenlightening comment"
	2.	enlightening - 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" Synonyms: edifying
	3.	enlightening - highly enlightening; making understandable or clarifying; "an illuminating lecture"; "illuminating pieces of information" Synonyms: illuminating

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