Dictionary Check: enlightenment
"enlightenment" is a valid word!
Scrabble
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Words with Friends
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Definition
noun
a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
Example:
"the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms"
noun
education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
noun
(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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