enlightenment

Noun
  1. Education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge (synset 105995280)
    is a type of: education - knowledge acquired by learning and instruction
    subtypes:
  2. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation;
    Characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness (synset 114011709)
    referred to in:
    • hindooism, hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
    • buddhism - the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth
    is a type of: beatification, beatitude, blessedness - a state of supreme happiness
    same as: nirvana
  3. A movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine (synset 108489601)
    "the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms"
    is a type of: reform movement - a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms
    is an instance of: age, historic period - an era of history having some distinctive feature
    same as: age of reason

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