Enlightenment

Proper noun

 * 1)  A 17th and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism.
 * 2) * 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 36 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
 * He first presented a complementary thesis on the Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), in which he used the term “archaeology” for the first time, and which indicated the period of history to which he was constantly to return. The Enlightenment: the intellectual, philosophical, cultural and scientific spirit of the 18th century. A belief in reason, progress, man’s “maturity” and a general rejection of tradition, religion and authority.

Synonyms

 * Aufklärung

Verbs for Enlightenment
communicate—; direct—; express—; furnish—; impart—; need—; occasion—; plan—; plead for—; present—; prompt—; seek—; shed—; signify—; strive for—; supply—; support—; suppress—; taste—; —acquaints;—assists; —awakens; —edifies; —exhilarates; —progresses; —revives.

Thesaurus
accomplishments, account, acculturation, acquaintance, acquisition of knowledge, acquisitions, allegorization, announcement, arc lighting, attainments, awakening, black and white, blue book, briefing, bulletin, catechization, chiaroscuro, civility, civilization, clarification, coaching, communication, communique, contrast, cracking, cultivation, culture, data, datum, debunking, decipherment, decoding, decorative lighting, demonstration, demythologization, didactics, direct lighting, direction, directory, disappointment, disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment, dispatch, edification, editing, education, electric lighting, elucidation, emendation, enculturation, euhemerism, evidence, exegesis, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, facts, factual information, familiarization, festoon lighting, floodlighting, fluorescent lighting, gaslighting, gen, general information, glow lighting, guidance, guidebook, handout, hard information, highlights, illumination, illustration, incandescent lighting, incidental information, indirect lighting, info, information, instruction, intelligence, irradiation, knowledge, learning, liberal education, light, light and shade, lighting, mention, message, notice, notification, overhead lighting, pedagogics, pedagogy, polish, presentation, private teaching, programmed instruction, promotional material, proof, publication, publicity, radiation, rationale, reason, reeducation, refinement, release, report, return to reality, rude awakening, schooling, self-instruction, self-teaching, sidelight, simplification, socialization, solution, sophistication, spoon-feeding, spot lighting, stage lighting, statement, store of knowledge, strip lighting, teaching, the dope, the goods, the know, the scoop, tonality, transmission, tuition, tutelage, tutorage, tutoring, tutorship, undeception, unlocking, unspelling, white book, white paper, word

Translations

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 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: valgustusajastu
 * Finnish:
 * French: Les Lumières


 * German:
 * Russian: Просвещение
 * Spanish: Ilustración
 * Swedish: Upplysningen