ENLIGHTENMENT


Meaning of ENLIGHTENMENT in English

■ noun

1》 the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.

↘the attainment of spiritual insight, in particular (in Buddhism) that awareness which frees a person from the cycle of rebirth.

2》 ( the Enlightenment ) a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.

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