unenlightened
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not enlightened; ignorant
the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order
Related & opposite
- uneducated also see
- uninformed also see
- enlightened antonym
- benighted similar to
Sense 2 adjective
lacking information or instruction
lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
Related & opposite
- naivete derivation
- uninformed similar to
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | uneducated |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | uninformed |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | enlightened |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | benighted |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | naivete |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | uninformed |