Enlightenment

//ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt//

Synonyms for "enlightenment" (171 found)

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Noun(2 words)
nirvanabodhi
Proper Noun(1 words)
aufklärung

Strong matches (51)

Related words (85)

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Translations

131 translations across 52 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • ndriçim noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Arabic

2 entries
  • التَّنْوِير name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • تَنْوِير noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Armenian

2 entries
  • Լուսավորականություն name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • Լուսավորություն name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • maarif noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • maarifləndirilmə noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • maarifləndirmə noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • maariflənmə noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • Асве́тніцтва name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • асве́тніцтва noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • асве́тніцтва noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • просве́та noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • просвеще́ние noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Catalan

1 entries
  • Il·lustració name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 啟蒙時代 /启蒙时代 name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • 啟發 /启发 noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • 啟蒙 /启蒙 noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • 啟蒙 /启蒙 noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Czech

3 entries
  • osvícenství name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • osvícenství noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • osvícení noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Danish

1 entries
  • oplysning noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Dutch

3 entries
  • de verlichting name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • verlichting noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • verlichting noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Estonian

1 entries
  • valgustusajastu name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Finnish

3 entries
  • valistusaika name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • valaistuminen noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • valistus noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

French

2 entries
  • les Lumières name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • illumination noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Galician

1 entries
  • esclarecemento noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Georgian

2 entries
  • განმანათლებლობა name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • განათლება noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

German

3 entries
  • die Aufklärung name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • Aufklärung noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • Aufklärung noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Greek

3 entries
  • Διαφωτισμός name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • διαφωτισμός noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • φώτιση noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Hindi

3 entries
  • जागरण noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • प्रबोधन noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • प्रबोधन noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • a felvilágosodás name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • felvilágosodás noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • megvilágosodás noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • Upplýsingin name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pencerahan noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Irish

4 entries
  • an Eagnaíocht name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • léargas noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • léargas noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • soilsiú noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Italian

3 entries
  • illuminismo name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • illuminazione noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • illuminismo noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 啓蒙 name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • 啓蒙 noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • 悟り noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • 悟り noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ағартушылық noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ការត្រាស់ដឹង noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Korean

2 entries
  • 계몽주의 name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • 계몽 noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Latin

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  • lux noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • просвета noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • просветителство noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • просветлување noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Malay

3 entries
  • kecerahan noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • kesedaran noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • penyedaran noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Maltese

1 entries
  • tidwil noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • гэгээрэл noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Māori

1 entries
  • māramatanga noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Nepali

1 entries
  • प्रबुद्धता noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • opplysing noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Persian

2 entries
  • روشنگری name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • رُوشَنگَری noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Polish

3 entries
  • Oświecenie name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • oświecenie noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • oświecenie noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • Iluminismo name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • esclarecimento noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Romanian

3 entries
  • iluminare noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • iluminism noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • luminism noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Russian

4 entries
  • Просвеще́ние name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • просветле́ние noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • просвеще́ние noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • просвеще́ние noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prosvećenje noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • prosvjećenje noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • просветитељство noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • просвећење noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Slovak

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  • osvietenstvo noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Slovene

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  • razsvetljenstvo noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Spanish

4 entries
  • Iluminismo name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • Ilustración name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • el Siglo de las Luces name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • alumbramiento noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Swedish

3 entries
  • upplysningen name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • upplysning noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • upplysning noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Telugu

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  • జ్ఞానోదయం noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Thai

4 entries
  • ยุคสว่าง name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • ยุคเรืองปัญญา name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • การตรัสรู้ noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • การรู้แจ้ง noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Turkish

2 entries
  • Aydınlanma name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • aydınlanma noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • Просві́тництво name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • осві́та noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • осві́чення noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • просві́тництво noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • sự giác ngộ noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)
  • sự khai ngộ noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Welsh

2 entries
  • goleuedigaeth noun (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened)
  • goleuedigaeth noun (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam – at places like Al-Azhar University – that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment.

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Enlightenment is man's leaving his self-imposed immaturity.

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Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-incurred immaturity.

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Vesak is a Buddhist holiday which celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha.

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