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enlightened

 adjective
     
en‧light‧ened
1 someone with enlightened attitudes has sensible, modern views and treats people fairly and kindly
'Empowerment' is the new buzz-word in enlightened management circles.
2 showing a good understanding or knowledge of something:
We don't actually know, but I can make an enlightened guess.
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