UNENLIGHTENMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unenlightenment mean? 

• UNENLIGHTENMENT (noun)
  The noun UNENLIGHTENMENT has 1 sense:

1. a lack of understanding

  Familiarity information: UNENLIGHTENMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNENLIGHTENMENT (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)