enlightenment

Meaning of enlightenment

noun
  1. the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
    Robbie looked to me for enlightenment
  2. a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent figures included Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.

Information about enlightenment

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of enlightenment is: enlightenments.
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Hyphenation of enlightenment

en-light-en-ment

  • It consists of 4 syllables and 13 chars.
  • enlightenment is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

enlightenment synonyms

Meaning Nirvana:

Nirvana

Meaning Enlightenment:

Enlightenment

Meaning the ability to understand something; comprehension:

understanding

Meaning an accurate and deep understanding:

insight

Meaning the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, especially at a school or university:

education

Meaning knowledge acquired through study, experience, or being taught:

learning

Meaning facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject:

knowledge

Meaning knowledge or perception of a situation or fact:

awareness

Meaning facts provided or learned about something or someone:

information

Meaning the quality of having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarship:

erudition

Meaning the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise:

wisdom

Meaning teaching; education:

instruction

Meaning the occupation, profession, or work of a teacher:

teaching

Meaning spiritual or intellectual enlightenment:

illumination

Meaning understanding of a problem or mystery; enlightenment:

light

Meaning the moral or intellectual instruction or improvement of someone:

edification

Meaning an act of waking from sleep:

awakening

Meaning a refined understanding or appreciation of culture:

culture

Meaning the process of removing impurities or unwanted elements from a substance:

refinement

Meaning refinement and good education:

cultivation

Meaning the stage of human social and cultural development and organization that is considered most advanced:

civilization

Meaning the quality of being sophisticated:

sophistication

Meaning the process of promoting a cause or plan:

advancement

Meaning the process of developing or being developed:

development

Meaning willingness to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; openness to new ideas:

liberalism

enlightenment antonyms

Meaning lack of knowledge or information:

ignorance

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