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enlightenment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /-laɪtmənt/
• /ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ənˈlaɪtənmənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree English enlighten Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enlightenment From enlighten + -ment.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
2. (uncountable, usually) A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
   • Thus Django becomes the carrier of the “public use of one's reason”—the Kantian road to enlightenment given to him by the German “Forty-Eighter” dentist–turned-bounty hunter Dr. “King” Schultz, and represents the fictive, allohistorical beginning of the battle against slavery and racism in the United States. 2014 July 31, Oliver C. Speck, editor, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained: The Continuation of Metacinema, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 25:
   • But the man who has attained enlightenment sees that the apparent reality is mere illusion, or, as was said a couple of thousand years later, that there is nothing good nor bad but thinking makes it so. 1893, Thomas Huxley, Evolution and Ethics:

Forms

Deriveds

pseudoenlightenment · Enlightenment

Synonyms

bodhi · epiphany · zen · satori · peace that passeth understanding · nirvana

Translations (101)

hu megvilágosodás (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · es alumbramiento (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · ko 계몽 (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · uk просві́тництво (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · mi māramatanga (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · de Aufklärung (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · pl oświecenie (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · te జ్ఞానోదయం (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · sv upplysning (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · ru просвеще́ние (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · el φώτιση (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · el διαφωτισμός (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · ro luminism (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · es ilustración (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · mk просветлување (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · sh просвјетитељство (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · de Aufklärung (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · pt esclarecimento (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · ja 啓蒙 (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · es alumbramiento (disused) (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · cmn 啟迪 /启迪 (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · ga léargas (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · ro iluminism (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · sh просветитељство (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · vi sự khai ngộ (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · az maarif (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · es iluminismo (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · fr illumination (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · es iluminación (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · it illuminazione (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · pl oświecenie (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · es esclarecimiento (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · cs osvícení (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · sv upplysning (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · da oplysning (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · az maarifləndirilmə (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · ru просвеще́ние (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · cmn 教育 (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · cs osvícenství (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · kk ағартушылық (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · mn гэгээрэл (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · ar تَنْوِير (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · cmn 啟發 /启发 (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · hi प्रबोधन (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · be асве́тніцтва (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · bg просвеще́ние (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · sh просвјећење (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · nl verlichting (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · it illuminismo (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · ne प्रबुद्धता (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · hi जागरण (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · vi sự giác ngộ (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · ru просветле́ние (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · ja 悟り (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · fi valistus (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · ro iluminare (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · ms penyedaran (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · km ការត្រាស់ដឹង (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · fa رُوشَنگَری (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · ka განათლება (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · tr aydınlanma (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · sq ndriçim (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · es iluminación (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · mk просветителство (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · be асве́тніцтва (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · bg просве́та (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · mt tidwil (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · nl verlichting (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · cmn 啟蒙 /启蒙 (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · az maarifləndirmə (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · cmn 開悟 /开悟 (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · sh prosvjećenje (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · mk просвета (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · sl razsvetljenstvo (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · sh просвећење (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · ms kecerahan (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · sh prosvećenje (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · cy goleuedigaeth (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · cy goleuedigaeth (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · cmn 啟蒙 /启蒙 (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · la lux (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · hi प्रबोधन (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · ms kesedaran (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · id pencerahan (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · az maariflənmə (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · hu felvilágosodás (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · fi valaistuminen (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · lo ສັມໂພດ (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · lo ສັມໂພທິ (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · uk просві́тництво (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · ga soilsiú (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · uk осві́та (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · th การรู้แจ้ง (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · sk osvietenstvo (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · uk осві́чення (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · th การตรัสรู้ (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · gl esclarecemento (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · cmn 教化 (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened) · ja 悟り (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · ga léargas (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge) · nb opplysing (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge)