tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance; "an enlightening glimpse of government in action"; "an illuminating lecture"[ant: unenlightening ]

enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; "the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read"[syn: edifying ][ant: unedifying ]

adjective

civilizing , edifying , humanizing , refining , educative , illuminative , informative , instructional , instructive