Meaning of oplysning | Babel Free

Definitions

1. information
   common-gender
2. Enlightenment, Aufklärung
   common-gender
3. literal illumination
   common-gender, rare

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Examples

“Amicis andet store festfyrværkeri, der også omfattede oplysning af haven, omtales udførligt i Tivoli-Avisen 8. september.”

Amici's second large party fireworks, which also included illumination of the garden, is thoroughly described in the Tivoli Paper of the 8th of September.

“En oplysning af gaderne repræsenterede dermed mere end blot bekvemmelig oplevelse i aften- og nattetimerne; den repræsenterede også magthavernes fuldkommenhed og et overgreb mod borgernes frihed.”

Thus, lighting in the streets represented more than a comfortable experience in the evening- and night-hours; it also represented the completeness of those in power and an attack on the liberty of the citizens.

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