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UNENLIGHTENED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unenlightened mean?
• UNENLIGHTENED (adjective)
The adjective UNENLIGHTENED has 2 senses:
1. not enlightened; ignorant
2. lacking information or instruction
Familiarity information: UNENLIGHTENED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not enlightened; ignorant
Context example:
the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order
Similar:
benighted; dark (lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture)
Also:
uneducated (not having a good education)
uninformed (not informed; lacking in knowledge or information)
Antonym:
enlightened (having knowledge and spiritual insight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking information or instruction
Synonyms:
naive; unenlightened; uninstructed
Context example:
lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
Similar:
uninformed (not informed; lacking in knowledge or information)
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