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Meanings of Enlightenment in English

Catalan
il·lustració
Spanish
ilustración

Education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge.

il·lustració
Portuguese
nirvana
Catalan
nirvana
Spanish
nirvana

(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness.

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nirvana
Portuguese
iluminismo

A movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine.

iluminismo
Russian
просветление
Portuguese
iluminação
Spanish
iluminación espiritual

Notion in spirituality of full comprehension of a situation.

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Usage of Enlightenment in English
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The answer was seemingly no one-atleast no one in Enlightenment France.
Vampire forensics: uncovering the origins of an enduring legend
2
Did it start with the Enlightenment and its focus on religious hypocrisy?
The Irish Times
3
Jessica drew her flashlight, whose new name was Enlightenment, from her pocket.
Blue noon
4
Fortunately the Enlightenment will enable humanity to rid itself of this infantilism.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
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Tonight we learn about altruistic philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment, Francis Hutcheson.
Radio NZ
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So it is time to reassert the noble philosophy of the Enlightenment.
The Guardian
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Britain's experience of the Enlightenment was, arguably, more immediate and more disconcerting.
The Guardian
8
Is it the spread of reason and empathy courtesy of the Enlightenment?
The Guardian
9
I always knew there were some things I'd miss about the Enlightenment.
Existence
10
Meanwhile, if it be not impertinent, pray, where is Enlightenment marching to?
"My Novel" — Volume 08
11
The philosophers of the Enlightenment did not reject the idea of God, however.
A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
12
Catherine the Great shared the aesthetic values of the 18th-century Enlightenment.
The Guardian
13
The Age of Enlightenment may already be underway in the schools.
It's nobody's fault: new hope and help for difficult children an...
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Statistics are one of many pillars of liberalism, indeed of Enlightenment.
The Guardian
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But this Ice Enlightenment might as well have been a hundred years away.
Rock and Ice Magazine
16
What I read was an interview she did with a magazine called Enlightenment.
Feminist dot com
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