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enlightenment
[ en-lahyt-n-muhnt ]
noun
- the act of enlightening.
- the state of being enlightened:
to live in spiritual enlightenment.
- (usually initial capital letter) Buddhism, Hinduism. prajna.
- the Enlightenment, a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine.
enlightenment
1/ ɪˈɪəԳəԳ /
noun
- the act or means of enlightening or the state of being enlightened
- Buddhism the awakening to ultimate truth by which man is freed from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations to which all men are otherwise subject
- Hinduism a state of transcendent divine experience represented by Vishnu: regarded as a goal of all religion
Enlightenment
2/ ɪˈɪəԳəԳ /
noun
- the Enlightenmentan 18th-century philosophical movement stressing the importance of reason and the critical reappraisal of existing ideas and social institutions
Enlightenment
- An intellectual movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries marked by a celebration of the powers of human reason, a keen interest in science, the promotion of religious toleration, and a desire to construct governments free of tyranny. Some of the major figures of the Enlightenment were David Hume , Immanuel Kant , John Locke , the Baron de Montesquieu , Jean-Jacques Rousseau , and Voltaire .
Other yvlog Forms
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- e·IJ·Գ noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of enlightenment1
Example Sentences
“Article III: Libraries should challenge censorship in the fulfillment of their responsibility to provide information and enlightenment.”
What if Victoria reaches enlightenment and helps that monk write a book?
In that conversation, Ginsberg observed that “dehumanization is a funny kind of enlightenment.”
The new setting also gives us plenty of rich themes to explore — like embarrassing Westerners who travel to Asia seeking spiritual enlightenment — and beautiful scenery to look at.
Superficially, this is a story of soul-sick Westerners in the soulful East, like “Lost Horizon” and “The Razor’s Edge” — but apart from Piper, enlightenment is not on any guest’s menu.
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