| 单词 | edification |
| 释义 | edification (once / 3520 pages) n If something is for your edification, watch out! It means it's designed to improve you in some way, whether morally, educationally, or spiritually. Originally edification had a strictly religious sense, in the meaning of "building up of the soul," from the Latin term aedificationem, for "construction" or "building." From the same word we get "edifice," meaning a building, especially a large and imposing one. So, you see, edification is all about efforts to build you into a more sound human being. Children can have a particular dislike for TV shows or books that are considered edifying by their parents or teachers. WORD FAMILYedification: edifications+/edify: edification, edified, edifies, edifying/edifying: edifyingly, unedifying USAGE EXAMPLESThese books are not middlebrow; that is, they are not earnest pretenders to art and edification. The New Yorker(Dec 04, 2016) The effect was not news, or information, or edification of the public; it was systematic vitriol that festered into a cultural cancer. New York Times(Jul 19, 2016) His father and uncle embraced an odd ideology that they were born to martyr themselves for the edification of barbaric rituals. Salon(Jul 04, 2016) n uplifting enlightenment Syn|Hypo|Hyper sophistication disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment freeing from false belief or illusions enlightenment education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge |
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