Enlightenment

/ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt/

Synonyms for "enlightenment" (179 found)

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highlightsilluminationillustrationincandescent lightingincidental informationindirect lightinginfoinformationinspirationinstructionintelligenceirradiationknowknowledgelearningliberal educationlightlight and shadelightingmention
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illuminationilluminationsillumininginsightlumièreluzpeace that passeth understandingrationalist movementrealizationsatoriunderstandingwakeningzen

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American EnlightenmentFrench EnlightenmentGerman EnlightenmentScottish Enlightenmentbodhibriefingdemonstrationinstructionintellectual insightnirvanaspiritual awakeningtutorial

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Age of EnlightenmentAge of Reasonenlightenment thoughtenlightenment valuespersonal enlightenmentscientific enlightenment

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32 translations across 28 languages.

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Arabic

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  • التَّنْوِير name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Armenian

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

Belarusian

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  • Асве́тніцтва name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Catalan

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

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 啟蒙時代 /启蒙时代 name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Czech

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  • osvícenství name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Dutch

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  • de verlichting name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Estonian

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

Finnish

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  • valistusaika name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

French

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  • les Lumières name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Georgian

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  • განმანათლებლობა name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

German

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  • die Aufklärung name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Greek

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  • Διαφωτισμός name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Hungarian

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  • a felvilágosodás name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Icelandic

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

Irish

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  • an Eagnaíocht name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Italian

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  • illuminismo name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Japanese

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  • 啓蒙 name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Korean

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  • 계몽주의 name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Persian

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  • روشنگری name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Polish

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  • Oświecenie name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Portuguese

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  • Iluminismo name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Russian

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  • Просвеще́ние name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Spanish

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  • 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)

Swedish

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  • upplysningen name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Thai

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  • ยุคสว่าง name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)
  • ยุคเรืองปัญญา name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Turkish

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  • Aydınlanma name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

Ukrainian

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  • Просві́тництво name (17th- and 18th-century intellectual movement)

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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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