单词	edification
释义	edification noun ed·​i·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌe-də-fə-ˈkā-shən  : an act or process of edifying Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Actors sweat and strain and suffer, really and truly, for viewers’ pleasure and edification. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 July 2022 This was not for any tactical advantage, but rather for Brown’s personal edification. Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 May 2022 Reading here is not embraced as mere escape, nor glorified as edification. Nina Renata Aron, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022 For decades, hit records have offered instruction and edification, lessons from the Book of Love, step-by-step guides to dance crazes. New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022 International arts exchanges are not just forms of entertainment or edification but a birthright of global citizenship. Suzanne Nossel, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022 Feeders have long been a popular way to connect with nature and draw in native species and passing migrants for our edification. Asher Elbein, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2022 In 1712 King Louis XIV of France signed the lettres patentes that formally established Bordeaux’s Royal Academy of Sciences, Belles Lettres, and Arts, a social club of intellectual inquiry and public edification. Andrew S. Curran, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2021 For your own edification, Miss Manners assures you that snooping is a transgression, but so is offering to give a present back. Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2021 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined above edification noun as in education the process by which one gains a greater understanding of something They showed the children films that provided edification and not just entertainment. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance education enlightenment culture literacy learning reading knowledge improvement scholarship comprehension erudition awareness learnedness development understanding consciousness realization pedantry appreciation absorption digestion improvement bookishness assimilation perception cultivation uptake percipience apprehension grasp grip hold Antonyms & Near Antonyms ignorance illiteracy incomprehension misinterpretation misunderstanding noncomprehension miscomprehension misapprehension illiterateness misperception See More
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