Definition of 'enlightenment'

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Noun

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

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