"public enlightenment" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to educating or informing the general public about a particular issue or topic. Example: The government has launched a new campaign for public enlightenment on the importance of recycling and reducing waste.
"What distinguishes journalism from stock research," he wrote, "is that you carry out sleuthing for public enlightenment and only public enlightenment, not private gain".
Suggestions for the eradication of this custom include universal education of females and public enlightenment campaigns; legislation tends to send the practice underground.
One can only hope that in rehearing the case the appeals court does not overlook any opportunities for public enlightenment.
That's O.K. Its examples travel well, as do the authors' lucid, unruffled style and their wholesome commitment to public enlightenment.
In the spirit of public enlightenment, here are some of the headlines international, national, local, and extremely local that you have likely overlooked.
White House lawyers -- advised no doubt by their own lawyers -- have raised the infamous old White House stone wall against universal public enlightenment.
Authors devote labor and talent to produce writings for the public's enlightenment and enjoyment.
Last week, the prime minister, Mr. Putin, sat down for a meeting with Russia's finance minister, Aleksei L. Kudrin, which was nationally televised on state news channels for the public's enlightenment as the two discussed, just short of gloating, the benefits to Russia of a global oil panic.
But they were certainly major collectors who, in that public-spirited Enlightenment way, turned the contents of their personal cabinets of wonders into a museum for a self-educating young nation.
This would be a more democratic way of generating public debate and enlightenment than impromptu remarks by a prince.
He began his career as a real-estate developer here, bought his first television station, Milan 58, here - and made a fortune showing programs such as Dallas and Dynasty to a public numbed to enlightenment by the ponderous high-mindedness of the state television system.
