enlightenment

1. (noun) education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
Related Words: edification, education, sophistication
Antonyms: unenlightenment

2. (noun) a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions
Synonyms: Age of Reason
Related Words: reform movement



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