enlightenment (noun)

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• enlightenment — ► NOUN 1) the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened. 2) (the Enlightenment) a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition …   English terms dictionary

• Enlightenment — noun A 17th and 18th century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism. He first presented a complementary<! [sic] thesis on the Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant… …   Wiktionary

• enlightenment — I noun appreciation, awakening, clarification, cognition, cognizance, comprehension, direction, disabusal, disclosure, edification, education, elucidation, enucleation, experience explication, explanation, familiarity, illumination, insight,… …   Law dictionary

• Enlightenment — noun Enlightenment is used before these nouns: ↑philosopher, ↑philosophy …   Collocations dictionary

• enlightenment — noun 1》 the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.     ↘the attainment of spiritual insight, in particular (in Buddhism) that awareness which frees a person from the cycle of rebirth. 2》 (the Enlightenment) a European… …   English new terms dictionary

• Enlightenment — noun the Enlightenment a period in the eighteenth century when many writers and scientists believed that science and knowledge, not religion, could improve people s lives …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• enlightenment — noun sharing her musical enlightenment with her children Syn: insight, understanding, awareness, wisdom, education, learning, knowledge; illumination, awakening, instruction, teaching; sophistication, advancement, development, open mindedness,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• enlightenment — noun Date: 1654 1. the act or means of enlightening ; the state of being enlightened 2. capitalized a philosophic movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas and an emphasis on… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• enlightenment — noun a) An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. b) A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge. Syn: epiphany, satori …   Wiktionary

• enlightenment — noun (U) 1 formal the state of understanding something clearly or the act of making someone understand something clearly 2 the state in the buddhist and hindu religions, of no longer having any human desires, so that you are united spiritually… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• enlightenment — noun Syn: insight, understanding, awareness, education, learning, knowledge, illumination, awakening, instruction, teaching, open mindedness, broad mindedness, culture, refinement, cultivation, civilization …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary