Enlightenment

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or a means of enlightening.
  • n. The state of being enlightened.
  • n. A philosophical movement of the 18th century that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms. Used with the.
  • n. Buddhism & Hinduism A blessed state in which the individual transcends desire and suffering and attains Nirvana.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
  • n. A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
  • n. same as AufklÄrung.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened; attainment or possession of intellectual light; used absolutely, a lighting up or enlargement of the understanding by means of acquired knowledge and wisdom; more narrowly, an illumination of the mind or acquisition of knowledge with regard to a particular subject or fact.
  • n. [Tr. G. aufklärung.] Independence of thought; rationalism, especially the rationalism of the eighteenth century.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
  • n. a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
  • n. education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
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    ignorance   
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    illumination    light    lightening    culture    civilization   
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