UNENLIGHTENMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lack of understanding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("unenlightenment" is a kind of...):

ignorance (the lack of knowledge or education)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "unenlightenment"):

dark; darkness (an unenlightened state)

Antonym:

enlightenment (education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge)

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