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enlightenment

/ɛn'laɪtənmənt/

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

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

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beatification beatitude blessedness
noun
education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
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unenlightenment

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education

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