Associations to the word «Enlightenment»
Noun
- Voltaire
- Buddha
- Romanticism
- Rationality
- Rousseau
- Thinker
- Humanism
- Modernity
- Kant
- Eighteenth
- Nirvana
- Zen
- Awakening
- Sutra
- Liberalism
- Materialism
- Buddhism
- Dharma
- Hume
- Ideal
- Locke
- Attainment
- Hegel
- Intellectual
- Buddhist
- Rebirth
- Philosopher
- Renaissance
- Meditation
- Critique
- Herder
- Idealism
- Descartes
- Protestantism
- Maha
- Emancipation
- Humanity
- Pali
- Skepticism
- Karma
- Reformation
- Nietzsche
- Pm
- Historiography
- Gottfried
- Colonialism
- Modernism
- Romantic
- Propaganda
- Superstition
- Gibbon
- Philosophy
- Mantra
- Emptiness
- Paine
- Yoga
- Dogma
- Orthodoxy
- Alchemy
- Ism
- Humankind
- Compassion
- Mysticism
- Ephraim
- Worldview
- Realization
- Revolution
- Spiritual
- Era
- Theorist
- Ignorance
- Industrialization
- Embodiment
Adjective
Wiktionary
ENLIGHTENMENT, noun. An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
ENLIGHTENMENT, noun. A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
ENLIGHTENMENT, proper noun. (definite article) A 17th and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism.
Dictionary definition
ENLIGHTENMENT, noun. Education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge.
ENLIGHTENMENT, noun. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness.
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".
Wise words
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.