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Enlightenment : (noun)
1: education that results in understanding and the spread of
knowledge [ant: unenlightenment]
2: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the
cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of
desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn: Nirvana]
3: a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of
reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social
institutions [syn: Enlightenment, Age of Reason]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Enlightenment : \En*light"en*ment\, n.
= Aufkl["A]rung.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Enlightenment : \En*light"en*ment\, n.
Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or
instructed.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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