Enlightenment

Dictionary

enlightenment |enˈlītnmənt|noun1 the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened : Robbie looked to me for enlightenment.• the action or state of attaining or having attained spiritual knowledge or 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. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.

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enlightenmentnounsharing her musical enlightenment with her children insight, understanding, awareness,wisdom, education, learning, knowledge; illumination, awakening, instruction,teaching; sophistication, advancement, development, open-mindedness, broad-mindedness; culture, refinement, cultivation, civilization.