An enlightened public. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : We hope the results of our research will enlighten our colleagues. From Dictionary.com.
And there even existed what we called enlightened despots. From Wordnik.com. [RALLY IN SANTIAGO] Reference
It's that approach to life which we call enlightened, scientific. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The preacher may perhaps interest what he terms enlightened audiences, but when required to analyze truth and present it in a plain way to plain people he cannot do it. From Wordnik.com. [The religious instruction of the Negroes in the United States,] Reference
Bilgrami turns to modes of dissent and ambivalence within enlightened modernity. From Wordnik.com. [Byron and Romantic Occidentalism] Reference
These are things a dynamic world enterprise has pioneered in enlightened self-interest. From Wordnik.com. [The Industry Everybody Takes for Granted] Reference
The Head Pelican reminds us that it's still illegal to sell such products in enlightened Alabama. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
In the short term enlightened bankruptcy laws reduce unemployment by keeping viable companies alive. From Wordnik.com. [AllBusiness.com - Home Page RSS] Reference
If this gentleman means to confine the terms enlightened and liberal to one set of men in England, it may be true. From Wordnik.com. [Paras. 125-149] Reference
I will give her credit for determining criteria for choosing the best, not an easy task, but I don't feel enlightened from the reading of the experience. From Wordnik.com. [Book Review: Fortune Cookie Chronicles] Reference
It arises at the present time, and the result is the combination that the Turkish peoples by sentiment, and the Turkish Government in enlightened self-interest, are at one. From Wordnik.com. [The Empire at War in the Moslem Mediterranean] Reference
In fact, one might almost invent a new game called Uno, to be played in enlightened homes where the parents do not want their children to grow up with a militaristic outlook. From Wordnik.com. [As I Please] Reference
Is this even remotely possible I in an "enlightened" - age?. From Wordnik.com. [A Bonfire of the Profanities] Reference
Old World, in modern and what are called enlightened times. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II] Reference
This very hour, by our statute books, by our so-called enlightened. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years] Reference
Instead, they advocate what may be called enlightened anthropocentrism. From Wordnik.com. [Environmental Ethics] Reference
No man can laugh at the idea of esper powers, as the so-called enlightened once did. From Wordnik.com. [The Zero Stone]
Still his trek from the disenchanted to the enlightened is a profound journey of the soul. From Wordnik.com. [I’m Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago-Hape Kerkeling « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews] Reference
The so-called enlightened people are becoming more and more incompetent in the matter of art. From Wordnik.com. [The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters] Reference
I use the word enlightened, because as I’ve learned about it, it does feel like a revelation. From Wordnik.com. [New book by Barbara Kingsolver | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
So-called enlightened Amerijet managers forced pilots and flight engineers to strike on Aug. 27. From Wordnik.com. [James P. Hoffa: Happy 'Enlightened' Labor Day] Reference
These so-called enlightened men formulated the Rule and Guide of our legal and Jurisprudence structure. From Wordnik.com. [Wake Up From Your Slumber - The Truth Will Set You Free] Reference
With that in mind, how could Iranians continue to honor the so called enlightened Ayatollah Ali Khamenei?. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
But many "progressives," many liberals, many of the so-called enlightened are doing nothing at allclick here. From Wordnik.com. [Fascism-The Price of Silence] Reference
Nope, I never boasted once about me as a Chinese and that we are mature aka enlightened while others are not. From Wordnik.com. [www.hardwarezone.com.sg] Reference
They also scynically use the media to programme the masses into accepting this so called enlightened world view. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Ultimately, those aren't legitimate choices, but that is all you get from so-called enlightened anti-gun schemers. From Wordnik.com. [Buckeye Firearms Association - Defending Your Firearm Rights] Reference
You will not find the so-called enlightened anywhere near the places he went, amongst the outcast and dispossessed. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
But I'd much rather be an Unenlightened Barbarian than a member of any of the so-called enlightened sects in society. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference
Remember West Virginia voted for Carter in '80 when so called enlightened liberals in states like Massachusetts did not. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Obama Losing West Virginia Primary By More Than Two To One] Reference
• The Dems promptly killed the dissenters of Ruby Ridge and Waco (not a very enlightened act by the so called enlightened party). From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
So-called enlightened managers make life difficult for school bus drivers, who have an important job that requires skill and hard work. From Wordnik.com. [James P. Hoffa: Happy 'Enlightened' Labor Day] Reference
The age is enlightened, that is to say, that knowledge, obtained and vulgarised, suffices to set right at least our practical principles. From Wordnik.com. [Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian] Reference
It looked out at her from the face of every acquaintance, it appeared suddenly in the eyes of strangers when a word enlightened them: "Yes. From Wordnik.com. [Autres Temps... 1916] Reference
I think the court reflects that and I think the so called enlightened progressives have a hard time realizing that they are in the minority with their political views. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
We put out our candle that is already enlightened, that is, the knowledge of good conversation that we may seek more light, and that is the way to find darkness and delusion. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning] Reference
That this peculiar idea of the relation of goodness to happiness at one time represented the prevailing sentiment of what are termed the enlightened peoples, is undeniably true. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference
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