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| 1. | [ adjective ] (education) serving to instruct of enlighten or inform | |
| Synonyms: | informative | |
| Related terms: | uninstructive educational doctrinaire expository explanatory interpretative didactic preachy clarifying ostensive educative demonstrative informative | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance | |
| Synonyms: | informative enlightening | |
| Examples: | "an enlightening glimpse of government in action" |
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| Related terms: | unenlightening | |
| Similar spelling: |
instructively instruct instructed instinctive instruction institute instructress instructions instinctively instructor instructional inactive instigative inactivate instrumentate instrument instructorship inactiveness institution instinct instrumental instauration inextricable inactivity institutional |
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