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Meaning of enlightenment

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  enlightenment
      n 1: education that results in understanding and the spread of
           knowledge [ant: {unenlightenment}]
      2: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the
         cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of
         desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn:
         {nirvana}, {enlightenment}]
      3: a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that
         advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of
         tradition and established doctrine; "the Enlightenment
         brought about many humanitarian reforms" [syn:
         {Enlightenment}, {Age of Reason}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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