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enlightenment |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enlightenment \En*light"en*ment\, n. = {Aufkl["A]rung}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Enlightenment \En*light"en*ment\, n. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: enlightenment n 1: education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge [ant: {unenlightenment}] 2: a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions [syn: {Enlightenment}, {Age of Reason}]
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