1. Education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge 
2. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
   - nirvana

1. A movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
   "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms"
   - Age of Reason

Derived forms: enlightenments

See also: enlighten

Type of: age, beatification, beatitude, blessedness, education, historic period, reform movement

Antonym: unenlightenment

Encyclopedia: Enlightenment

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