enlightenment
Nouns
- (n) education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
- (n) (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness nirvana,
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(n) a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
- the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms