enlightenment

en·light·en·ment

noun

Enlightenment is defined as being advanced and having gained necessary information or knowledge, especially spiritual knowledge.

An example of enlightenment is when you become educated about a particular course of study or a particular religion.
An example of enlightenment was The Age of Enlightenment, a time in Europe during the 17th and 18th century considered an intellectual movement driven by reason.

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enlightenment

an enlightening or being enlightened

enlightenment Idioms

the Enlightenment

a mainly 18th-cent. European philosophical movement characterized by a reliance on reason and experience rather than dogma and tradition and by an emphasis on humanitarian political goals and social progress
the period of this movement
also Age of Enlightenment

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enlightenment

noun

a. The act or a means of enlightening.
b. The state of being enlightened.
Enlightenment A philosophical movement of the 1700s that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms. Used with the.
Buddhism & Hinduism A state in which the individual transcends desire and suffering and attains nirvana.

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Noun

(usually uncountable, plural enlightenments)

An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.

Proper noun

(definite article) A 17th and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism.

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