enlightened
Syllables: en·light·ened/ɪnˈlaɪtənd/
enlightened adjective: educated or informed. Also the simple past and past participle of enlighten.
Adjective
enlightened (comparative more enlightened, superlative most enlightened)
- Educated or informed.
- Made aware of something.
- Freed from illusion.
- Yet in the worst, there is still a divine spark of Universal consciousness buried deep within them, and in the best people, except for the enlightened ones, there is still the seed of selfishness.1997, John Peniel, chapter 10, in The Children of the Law of One & the Lost Teachings of Atlantis, page 128
- Extraordinarily wise; having an exceedingly great wisdom.
- An enlightened mind does not need external authority.
- Such were the sources of an opulence which we must do Raleigh the credit to say was expended not on debauchery or display, but in the most enlightened efforts to extend tlie field of English commercial enterprise beyond the Atlantic.1886, Edmund Gosse, Raleigh, Longmans, Green, page 30
Noun
enlightened (plural enlightened)
- Someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially Buddhism
Also used as
enlightened is also the simple past and past participle of enlighten.
enlightened meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
enlightened in Tamil
- அறிவொளி பெற்றவர்
enlightened in Bengali
- educated or informed
- বোধোদিত bōdhōdito, নূরান্বিত nurannito
enlightened in Telugu
- జ్ఞానోదయం పొందింది, జ్ఞానోదయం పొందారు
enlightened in Malayalam
- പ്രബുദ്ധൻ, പ്രബുദ്ധനായി
More languagesFewer languages
- enlightened in Kannada
- ಜ್ಞಾನೋದಯವಾಯಿತು, ಜ್ಞಾನೋದಯವಾದರು
- enlightened in Gujarati
- પ્રબુદ્ધ, પ્રબુદ્ધ થયા
- enlightened in Nepali
- प्रबुद्ध
Examples of enlightened in a sentence
- But international arbitration of aggravated disputes is not much to be relied upon except between the most enlightened nations having predominant moral sense.1909, Andrew Sloan Draper, American Education, Houghton Mifflin Company, page 375:
- They doubtless represented the most enlightened people of the earth at that time and had taken long strides in advance of their more primitive forebears.1925, Floyd Lavern Darrow, Through Science to God, The Bobbs-Merrill Company, pages 136-137:
Forms of enlightened
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more enlightened |
| superlative | most enlightened |
| Noun | |
| plural | enlightened |
Words formed from enlightened
Phrases with enlightened
Questions about enlightened
- What does enlightened mean?
- Enlightened means educated or informed.
- What is enlightened in Tamil?
- Enlightened in Tamil is அறிவொளி பெற்றவர். See Enlightened meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use enlightened in a sentence?
- But international arbitration of aggravated disputes is not much to be relied upon except between the most enlightened nations having predominant moral sense.
- What part of speech is enlightened?
- Enlightened can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce enlightened?
- Enlightened is pronounced /ɪnˈlaɪtənd/.
Words near enlightened in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: enlightened (page history and authors); enlightened (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enlightened (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enlightened (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enlightened (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enlightened (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); enlightened (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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