the Enlightenment

noun

Definition of the Enlightenment

: a movement of the 18th century that stressed the belief that science and logic give people more knowledge and understanding than tradition and religion

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enlightenment play

: the act or means of enlightening : the state of being enlightened
: a philosophical movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas and an emphasis on rationalism
: a final blessed state marked by the absence of desire or suffering