Definition of Enlightenment

  • 1. Education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge Noun
  • 2. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness Noun
  • 3. A movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine Noun

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