enlightenment
noun
[ ɪnˈlʌɪt(ə)nm(ə)nt ]
• the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened.
• "Robbie looked to me for enlightenment"
Similar:
understanding,
insight,
education,
learning,
knowledge,
awareness,
information,
erudition,
wisdom,
instruction,
teaching,
illumination,
light,
edification,
awakening,
culture,
refinement,
cultivation,
civilization,
sophistication,
advancement,
development,
liberalism,
open-mindedness,
broad-mindedness,
an aha moment,
• a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent figures included Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.
