Synonyms for unenlightened
un·en·light·ened

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1. unenlightened

   Ignorant signifies destitute of education or knowledge, or lacking knowledge or information; it is thus a relative term. The most learned man is still ignorant of many things; persons are spoken of as ignorant who have not the knowledge that has become generally diffused in the world; the ignorant savage may be well instructed in matters of the field and the chase, and is thus more properly untutored than ignorant. Illiterate is without letters and the knowledge that comes through reading. Unlettered is similar in meaning to illiterate, but less absolute; the unlettered man may have acquired the art of reading and writing and some elementary knowledge; the uneducated man has never taken any systematic course of mental training. Ignorance is relative; illiteracy is absolute; we have statistics of illiteracy; no statistics of ignorance are possible.

   Synonyms:
   ignorant, ill-informed, illiterate, uneducated, uninformed, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unskilled, untaught, untutored

   Antonyms:
   educated, instructed, learned, sage, skilled, trained, well-informed, wise

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1. unenlightenedadjective

   not enlightened; ignorant

   "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"

   Synonyms:
   naive, uninstructed

   Antonyms:
   edified, enlightened, informed

2. uninstructed, unenlightened, naiveadjective

   lacking information or instruction

   "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"

   Synonyms:
   naive, uninitiated, primitive, naif, uninitiate, uninstructed

   Antonyms:
   edified, informed, enlightened

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1. unenlightenedadjective

   Synonyms:
   ignorant, UNEDUCATED

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1. Marcus Aurelius:

   [Treat] unenlightened souls with sympathy and indulgence, remembering that they are ignorant or mistaken about what’s most important. Never be harsh, remember Plato’s dictum: ‘Every soul is deprived of the truth against its will.’