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English

Noun

An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
A concept in religious mysticism, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.

Translations

Czech: osvícení
Finnish:

German: {{t+|de|Aufklärung|f}}
Russian: {{t|ru|просветление|f|tr=prosvetlenie|sc=Cyrl}}

Finnish:

Category:Buddhism

ja:enlightenment no:enlightenment vi:enlightenment zh:enlightenment

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Enlightenment \En*light"en*ment\, n.
1. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or
instructed.
[1913 Webster]

2. same as Aufkl[aum]rung.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

WordNet enlightenment
n 1: education that results in understanding and the spread of
knowledge [ant: unenlightenment]
2: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the
cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of
desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn: Nirvana]
3: a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of
reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social
institutions [syn: Age of Reason]

Moby Dictionary
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acquisition of knowledge , acquisitions , allegorization ,
announcement , arc lighting , attainments , awakening ,
black and white , blue book , briefing , bulletin , catechization ,
chiaroscuro , civility , civilization , clarification , coaching ,
communication , communique , contrast , cracking , cultivation ,
culture , data , datum , debunking , decipherment , decoding ,
decorative lighting , demonstration , demythologization , didactics ,
direct lighting , direction , directory , disappointment ,
disenchantment , disillusion , disillusionment , dispatch ,
edification , editing , education , electric lighting , elucidation ,
emendation , enculturation , euhemerism , evidence , exegesis ,
exemplification , explanation , explication , exposition , expounding ,
facts , factual information , familiarization , festoon lighting ,
floodlighting , fluorescent lighting , gaslighting , gen ,
general information , glow lighting , guidance , guidebook , handout ,
hard information , highlights , illumination , illustration ,
incandescent lighting , incidental information , indirect lighting ,
info , information , instruction , intelligence , irradiation ,
knowledge , learning , liberal education , light , light and shade ,
lighting , mention , message , notice , notification ,
overhead lighting , pedagogics , pedagogy , polish , presentation ,
private teaching , programmed instruction , promotional material ,
proof , publication , publicity , radiation , rationale , reason ,
reeducation , refinement , release , report , return to reality ,
rude awakening , schooling , self-instruction , self-teaching ,
sidelight , simplification , socialization , solution , sophistication ,
spoon-feeding , spot lighting , stage lighting , statement ,
store of knowledge , strip lighting , teaching , the dope , the goods ,
the know , the scoop , tonality , transmission , tuition , tutelage ,
tutorage , tutoring , tutorship , undeception , unlocking , unspelling ,
white book , white paper , word