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