Enlightenment (Noun)
Meaning 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".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 2
Education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge.
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.