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enlightenment - Dictionary definition and meaning for enlightenment
ENLIGHTENMENT
(noun) education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
(noun) 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"
synonyms : age of reason(noun) (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
synonyms : nirvanaBuddha achieved nirvana through meditation. -added by naila_inlas
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