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For myself, suffering doesnt make me a good person; it makes me selfish. Why do we think that people who have less should find it edifying?
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Meaning of "edifying" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EDIFYING

edifying  [ˈedɪfaɪɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EDIFYING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Edifying is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EDIFYING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of edifying in the English dictionary

The definition of edifying in the dictionary is if you describe something as edifying, you mean that it benefits you in some way, for example by teaching you about something.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EDIFYING


buying
ˈbaɪɪŋ
electrifying
ɪˈlektrɪfaɪɪŋ
flying
ˈflaɪɪŋ
gratifying
ˈɡrætɪˌfaɪɪŋ
horrifying
ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪɪŋ
mortifying
ˈmɔːtɪfaɪɪŋ
mystifying
ˈmɪstɪˌfaɪɪŋ
petrifying
ˈpɛtrɪfaɪɪŋ
preachifying
ˈpriːtʃɪˌfaɪɪŋ
qualifying
ˈkwɒlɪfaɪɪŋ
satisfying
ˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ
scarifying
ˈskɛərɪˌfaɪɪŋ
speechifying
ˈspiːtʃɪˌfaɪɪŋ
stultifying
ˈstʌltɪfaɪɪŋ
stupefying
ˈstjuːpɪˌfaɪɪŋ
terrifying
ˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ
unedifying
ʌnˈɛdɪˌfaɪɪŋ
unifying
ˈjuːnɪfaɪɪŋ
unsatisfying
ʌnˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ
unterrifying
ʌnˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EDIFYING

edictal
edictally
edification
edificatory
edifice
edificial
edified
edifier
edifies
edify
edifyingly
edile
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Festival
Edirne
Edison
edit
editable
editing
editing room

WORDS THAT END LIKE EDIFYING

accompanying
annoying
bullying
copying
crying
drying
dying
laying
lying
magnifying
outlying
paying
playing
praying
role playing
role-playing
saying
self-justifying
underlying
varying

Synonyms and antonyms of edifying in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EDIFYING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «edifying» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of edifying

Translation of «edifying» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EDIFYING

Find out the translation of edifying to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of edifying from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «edifying» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有启发性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

edificante
570 millions of speakers

English

edifying
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

edifying
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بنيان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поучительно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

edificante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শিক্ষাপ্রদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

édifiant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Edifying
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erbaulich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

啓発する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Edifying
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gây dựng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பக்திவிருத்திக்காகச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शिक्षित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iyi örnek olan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

edificante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

budujące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

повчально
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

edificator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εποικοδομητικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stigting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppbyggande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppbyggelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of edifying

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EDIFYING»

The term «edifying» is regularly used and occupies the 96.213 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about edifying

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QUOTES WITH «EDIFYING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word edifying.
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Katherine Boo
For myself, suffering doesnt make me a good person; it makes me selfish. Why do we think that people who have less should find it edifying?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EDIFYING»

Discover the use of edifying in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to edifying and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Table manners: the edifying story of two friends whose ...
Chester teaches his good friend Dudunya about napkins, "full-mouthed speaking accidents," and other important aspects of proper mealtime behavior, in an amusing introduction to the history, rules, and regulations of proper dining etiquette.
Vladimir Radunsky, Christopher Raschka, 2001
2
Edifying Justice: A Wellspring of Healing
As the first volume of a multi-volume set, this short collection of essays, entitled "Edifying Justice: A Wellspring of Healing," describes the changes by which the Criminal Judicial System might serve the whole scope of justice effectively ...
Paul Arthur Cassidy, 2011
3
Beyond Nihilism: Nietzsche's Healing and Edifying Philosophy
In this work the author presents Nietzsche as a counter-nihilistic philosopher-educator who aimed, very much like Plato and Rousseau, to set forth a healing education for western man in a characteristically decadent era.
Nimrod Aloni, 1991
4
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
Here, finally, I come around to the suggestion with which I ended the last section — that the point of edifying philosophy is to keep the conversation going rather than to find objective truth. Such truth, in the view I am advocating, is the normal ...
Richard Rorty, 2009
5
Edifying Thoughts on God's Paternal Heart: Tending to ...
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text, possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our control.
Carl Heinrich von Bogatzky, 2009
6
On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism After Structuralism
Using analytical arguments against the analytical enterprise, Rorty goes on to distinguish systematic philosophers from "edifying philosophers" such as Dewey, the later Wittgenstein, Gadamer, and Derrida. "Great systematic philosophers are  ...
Jonathan D. Culler, 1982
7
Teachers, Discourses, and Authority in the Postmodern ...
In contrast, Rorty's edifying philosophy is on the "periphery of the history of modern philosophy," characterized by figures who, without forming a tradition, " resemble each other in their distrust of the notion that man's essence is to be a knower ...
Xin Liu Gale, 1996
8
Training in Christianity: And, the Edifying Discourse Which ...
The nineteenth-century Danish philosopher offers a challenging approach to the Christian faith and calls for living out the implications of Christianity in every aspect of life, explaining how to develop one's personal integrity in ...
S瞨en·Kierkegaard, John F. Thornton, Susan B. Varenne, 2004
9
Leo Strauss and Nietzsche
"For while 'philosophy must beware of wishing to be edifying/ it is of necessity edifying." These edifying words complete Strauss's above-quoted thought and end his Thoughts on Machiavelli, Certainly Nietzsche avoided what philosophy " must ...
Laurence Lampert, 1996
10
Managing Readers: Printed Marginalia in English Renaissance ...
... having his little joke about edifying margents, Renaissance commentators, scholarly annotators, translators, editors, printers, and authors of all kinds were busily constructing elaborate scaffolds of printed marginalia around texts both ancient ...
William W. E. Slights, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EDIFYING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term edifying is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nick Kyrgios: role models can let us down
And while there is something noble and edifying in admiring another's feats, the cultural propensity to place another human being on a ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
2
'Copenhagen' opens in Bradenton
It's dramatic, edifying and compelling, Knipfelberg said, though not entertaining in the same way a light musical or comedy would be. «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»
3
How living in France will change your lifestyle
“And while discussions can get heated, I respect the edifying effects of a little verbal jousting. It certainly motivates me to stay informed and on ... «The Local.fr, Jul 15»
4
The reality of the sweating brow
... becomes quickened by spirits, and ears awaken to the edifying possibilities of music that makes it possible to live differently in the world. «OUPblog, Jul 15»
5
Big in Japan Cuts: Experimental, Classic, Avant-Garde and Free …
... Steve Cossman's pulsating document of a Ei Wada concert that uses CRT TV monitors as instruments is particularly edifying, even if it turns ... «The L Magazine, Jul 15»
6
From Offshore: Bloggerel
The requirement of brevity would, I hear, be an edifying and improving discipline for me, akin to journalistic sit-ups. I realized at last that there ... «Freepress Online, Jul 15»
7
Relationship advice: Already engaged? Here are 5 uncomfortable …
In addition, being communicative about how each other's argumentative styles make you both feel is edifying: You can find out what attitudes to ... «Pulse Nigeria, Jul 15»
8
Media Call: Greek Debt Crisis
I think it probably won't, but the debate will not edifying. And so you—you—I think you have a confused picture. IRWIN: And I think with that, we ... «Council on Foreign Relations, Jul 15»
9
Bloomberg's 'What Is Code' Feature Was A Massive Hit -- Here's Why
“But when you can give people something they can't get anywhere else and it's interesting and edifying, people will stay for it.” Gabriel Arana is ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
10
Rescue Old Pillows
You should wind up with clean, good-smelling pillows and the edifying feeling of having saved money as well as landfill space. And you'll have ... «Mother Earth News, Jul 15»

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