Hypertext Webster Gateway: "enlightenment"
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) 1.7 (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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