Enlightenment en=B7light=B7en=B7ment ( P ) Pronunciation Key (n-ltn-mnt) n=2E The act or a means of enlightening. The state of being enlightened. Enlightenment A philosophical movement of the 18th century that emphasized the use of reason to scrutinize previously accepted doctrines and traditions and that brought about many humanitarian reforms. Used with the. Buddhism & Hinduism. A blessed state in which the individual transcends desire and suffering and attains Nirvana. Download Now or Buy the Book Source: The American Heritage=AE Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright =A9 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Enlightenment n 1: education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge ant: unenlightenment 2: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beabreastude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness syn: Nirvana 3: a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social insbreastutions syn: Enlightenment, Age of Reason Source: WordNet =AE 2.0, =A9 2003 Princeton University ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----
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