Synonyms for enlightenment
2 synonyms found - words and phrases with similiar meaning. Definitionnoun
- a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
- (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
- education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge