'Enlightenment' definitions:
Definition of 'enlightenment'
(from WordNet)
noun
Education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge [ant: unenlightenment]
noun
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn: nirvana, enlightenment]
noun
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" [syn: Enlightenment, Age of Reason]
Definition of 'Enlightenment'
From: GCIDE
- Enlightenment \En*light"en*ment\, n.
- 1. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. same as Aufkl[aum]rung. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'enlightenment'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplishments,
- account,
- acculturation,
- acquaintance,
- acquisition of knowledge,
- acquisitions,
- allegorization,
- announcement,
- arc lighting,
- attainments,
- awakening,
- black and white,
- blue book,
- briefing,
- bulletin,
- catechization,
- chiaroscuro,
- civility,
- civilization,
- clarification,
- coaching,
- communication,
- communique,
- contrast,
- cracking,
- cultivation,
- culture,
- data,
- datum,
- debunking,
- decipherment,
- decoding,
- decorative lighting,
- demonstration,
- demythologization,
- didactics,
- direct lighting,
- direction,
- directory,
- disappointment,
- disenchantment,
- disillusion,
- disillusionment,
- dispatch,
- edification,
- editing,
- education,
- electric lighting,
- elucidation,
- emendation,
- enculturation,
- euhemerism,
- evidence,
- exegesis,
- exemplification,
- explanation,
- explication,
- exposition,
- expounding,
- facts,
- factual information,
- familiarization,
- festoon lighting,
- floodlighting,
- fluorescent lighting,
- gaslighting,
- gen,
- general information,
- glow lighting,
- guidance,
- guidebook,
- handout,
- hard information,
- highlights,
- illumination,
- illustration,
- incandescent lighting,
- incidental information,
- indirect lighting,
- info,
- information,
- instruction,
- intelligence,
- irradiation,
- knowledge,
- learning,
- liberal education,
- light,
- light and shade,
- lighting,
- mention,
- message,
- notice,
- notification,
- overhead lighting,
- pedagogics,
- pedagogy,
- polish,
- presentation,
- private teaching,
- programmed instruction,
- promotional material,
- proof,
- publication,
- publicity,
- radiation,
- rationale,
- reason,
- reeducation,
- refinement,
- release,
- report,
- return to reality,
- rude awakening,
- schooling,
- self-instruction,
- self-teaching,
- sidelight,
- simplification,
- socialization,
- solution,
- sophistication,
- spoon-feeding,
- spot lighting,
- stage lighting,
- statement,
- store of knowledge,
- strip lighting,
- teaching,
- the dope,
- the goods,
- the know,
- the scoop,
- tonality,
- transmission,
- tuition,
- tutelage,
- tutorage,
- tutoring,
- tutorship,
- undeception,
- unlocking,
- unspelling,
- white book,
- white paper,
- word