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English to English noun
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education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge |  | source: wordnet30
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(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness | | source: wordnet30
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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
source: wordnet30
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Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. | | source: webster1913
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= AufklÄrung. | | source: webster1913
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