Enlightenment Meaning and Definition


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Enlightenment meaning

Word: Enlightenment

How to pronounce: ɪnˈlaɪtnmənt

Noun

Definitions:

1. The action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.

Example sentences: "Robbie looked to me for enlightenment"

2. A European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.


Synonyms:

epiphany

insight

enlightment

education

nirvana


Derivations:

enlightened

enlightening

enlighten


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Enlightenment in Other Languages...

Spanish: Iluminación

German: Erleuchtung

French: Illumination

Italian: Illuminismo

Turkish: Aydınlanma


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