ENLIGHTENMENT





Definition:

  1. [noun] education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

  2. [noun] (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
    Synonyms: Nirvana

  3. [noun] a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions
    Synonyms: Enlightenment, Age of Reason

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