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education or knowledge that brings understanding, insight, or awareness
- Reading widely can lead to personal enlightenment.
- The lecture provided enlightenment on modern physics.
- Travel often brings cultural enlightenment.
- The book offered practical enlightenment about economics.
- Enlightenment through education improves society.
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a philosophical movement in the late 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and science were of more importance than tradition and religion
- The Enlightenment challenged traditional authority and promoted reason as the basis for understanding the world.
- Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and Rousseau advocated for freedom of thought and expression.
- The Enlightenment paved the way for scientific advancements and the questioning of religious dogma.
- Philosophers during the Enlightenment sought to apply reason and logic to all aspects of human society.
- The Enlightenment had a profound impact on political thought, influencing the ideas of democracy and individual rights.
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(in Buddhism and Hinduism) a transcendent state of spiritual realization, liberation from the cycle of reincarnation, characterized by the cessation of desire, suffering, and individual consciousness
- The monk achieved enlightenment after years of meditation.
- Enlightenment in Buddhism marks the end of worldly suffering.
- Hinduism describes enlightenment as liberation from rebirth.
- Enlightenment is a central goal of many Eastern traditions.
- The teachings guide followers toward enlightenment.
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