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[ adjective ] highly educated; having extensive information or understanding

Examples

"an enlightened public" "knowing instructors" "a knowledgeable critic" "a knowledgeable audience"

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

Until we translate this gospel into a language that enlightened men today can understand , we are depriving ourselves of the very resources on which the continued success of our witness most certainly depends .

Related terms

educated

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[ adjective ] highly educated; having extensive information or understanding

Examples

"an enlightened public" "knowing instructors" "a knowledgeable critic" "a knowledgeable audience"

Related terms

educated

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[ adjective ] having knowledge and spiritual insight;

Used in print

(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)

Instead , the audience can sit_back at_ease and , from the perspective of an enlightened time which no_longer believes_in such things , enjoy the dead seriousness with which the characters in the play take the witches and devils which are under discussion .

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[ adjective ] freed from illusion

Synonyms

disillusioned

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disenchanted

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[ adjective ] having or based on relevant experience

Synonyms

educated

Examples

"an educated guess" "an enlightened electorate"

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informed

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[ noun ] people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity

Synonyms

initiate

Examples

"it is very familiar to the initiate"

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uninitiate people initiate

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