-
nouna movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
Similar:
type of: -
noun(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
Similar:
type of: -
nouneducation that results in understanding and the spread of knowledgeOpposite:type of:
Definition that contains enlightenment
- dark lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- wisdom accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
- buddha one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment
- zen a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight
- zen school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan
- rebirth a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- buddhism the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth
- conversion a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life
- voltaire French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)
- sophistication uplifting enlightenment