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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge;

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, enlightenment]

3. 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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Enlightenment \En*light"en*ment\, n. 1. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. [1913 Webster] 2. same as Aufkl[aum]rung. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

enlightenment n 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, enlightenment] 3: 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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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