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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine;
- Example: "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms"
[syn: Enlightenment, Age of Reason]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Age of Reason
    n 1: 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" [syn:
         Enlightenment, Age of Reason]