noun. undefined

noun. The act or a means of enlightening.

noun. The state of being enlightened.

noun. A philosophical movement of the 1700s that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms. Used with the.

noun. A state in which the individual transcends desire and suffering and attains nirvana.

noun. The act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened; attainment or possession of intellectual light; used absolutely, a lighting up or enlargement of the understanding by means of acquired knowledge and wisdom; more narrowly, an illumination of the mind or acquisition of knowledge with regard to a particular subject or fact.

noun. [Tr. G. aufklärung.] Independence of thought; rationalism, especially the rationalism of the eighteenth century.

noun. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

noun. same as AufklÄrung.

noun. An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

noun. A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.

noun. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

noun. a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine

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

"I am, moreover, sceptical _because the very persons to whom to-day we have to look to effect the sexual enlightenment of children, are themselves to a great extent also in need of enlightenment_; and in respect of many of the questions about which the child has to be enlightened, no general harmony of scientific opinion can as yet be said to obtain."

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age  beatification  beatitude  blessedness  historic period  

achievement  advancement  civilisation  deliverance  equality  

accomplishments  account  acculturation  acquaintance  acquisition of knowledge  

aufklärung