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The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.
M. H. Abrams

Meaning of "enlightenment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENLIGHTENMENT

enlightenment  [ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENLIGHTENMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Enlightenment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ENLIGHTENMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of enlightenment in the English dictionary

The first definition of enlightenment in the dictionary is the act or means of enlightening or the state of being enlightened. Other definition of enlightenment is the awakening to ultimate truth by which man is freed from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations to which all men are otherwise subject. Enlightenment is also a state of transcendent divine experience represented by Vishnu: regarded as a goal of all religion.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENLIGHTENMENT


abandonment
əˈbændənmənt
apportionment
əˈpɔːʃənmənt
bedizenment
bɪˈdaɪzənmənt
chastenment
ˈtʃeɪsənmənt
disheartenment
dɪsˈhɑːt ənmənt
disillusionment
ˌdɪsɪˈluːʒ ənmənt
disimprisonment
ˌdɪsɪmˈprɪzənmənt
emblazonment
ɪmˈbleɪzənmənt
empoisonment
ɪmˈpɔɪzənmənt
enlivenment
ɪnˈlaɪv ənmənt
environment
ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt
government
ˈɡʌvənmənt
imprisonment
ɪmˈprɪzənmənt
microenvironment
ˈmaɪkrəʊɪnˌvaɪrənmənt
misgovernment
ˈmɪsˈɡʌvənmənt
partitionment
pɑːˈtɪʃənmənt
prisonment
ˈprɪzənmənt
proportionment
prəˈpɔːʃənmənt
reapportionment
ˌriːəˈpɔːʃənmənt
refashionment
riːˈfæʃənmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENLIGHTENMENT

enlargedness
enlargement
enlarger
enlevement
enlight
enlighten
enlightened
enlightener
enlightening
enlink
enlist
enlisted
enlisted man
enlistee
enlister
enlistment
enliven
enlivener
enlivening
enlivenment

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENLIGHTENMENT

adjournment
adornment
advertisement
alignment
assignment
attainment
built environment
cantonment
central government
consignment
containment
Department of the Environment
e-government
entertainment
Federal Government
infotainment
local government
national government
national unity government
open government
realignment

Synonyms and antonyms of enlightenment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENLIGHTENMENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «enlightenment» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of enlightenment

Translation of «enlightenment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENLIGHTENMENT

Find out the translation of enlightenment to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of enlightenment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «enlightenment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

启发
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

iluminación
570 millions of speakers

English

enlightenment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्मज्ञान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التنوير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

просветление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esclarecimento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জ্ঞানদান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

illumination
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pencerahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aufklärung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悟り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

깨우침
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pencerahan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giác ngộ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அறிவொளி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ज्ञान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aydınlatma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rivelazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oświecenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

просвітлення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

iluminare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φώτιση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verligting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upplysning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opplysning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of enlightenment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENLIGHTENMENT»

The term «enlightenment» is very widely used and occupies the 22.882 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENLIGHTENMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about enlightenment

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10 QUOTES WITH «ENLIGHTENMENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word enlightenment.
1
M. H. Abrams
The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves.
2
Karen Armstrong
Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.
3
Joko Beck
Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something, pursuing some goal. enlightenment is dropping all that.
4
Bodhidharma
And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.
5
Bodhidharma
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
6
Jamie Campbell Bower
People can hate on you for doing what it is that makes you happy, but ultimately, it has to belong to you. It shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks. Life is not easy. The road to happiness is not a path well trotted. You have to find your own path to enlightenment.
7
Dan Brown
Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may. By attempting to rigidly classify ethereal concepts like faith, we end up debating semantics to the point where we entirely miss the obvious - that is, that we are all trying to decipher life's big mysteries, and we're each following our own paths of enlightenment.
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Dogen
Working with plants, trees, fences and walls, if they practice sincerely they will attain enlightenment.
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Dogen
Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
10
Kyan Douglas
Our sexual lives are maintained by the shadow side and the light side, so the more we can understand and embrace enlightenment, the less need there is for chemical enhancement.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENLIGHTENMENT»

Discover the use of enlightenment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to enlightenment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments
This celebrated work is the keystone of the thought of the Frankfurt School. It is a wide-ranging philosophical and psychological critique of the Western categories of reason and nature, from Homer to Nietzsche.
Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno, Gunzelin Schmid Noerr, 2002
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On Enlightenment
By contrast, David Stove, in On Enlightenment, attacks the intellectual roots of enlightenment thought, to define the limitations of its successes and the areas of its likely failures.
D. David Charles Stove, Andrew D. Irvine, 2003
3
Geography and Enlightenment
Geography and Enlightenment explores both the Enlightenment as a geographical phenomenon and the place of geography in the Enlightenment.
David N. Livingstone, Charles W. J. Withers, 1999
4
What is Enlightenment?: Eighteenth-century Answers and ...
This collection contains the first English translations of a group of 18th-century German essays that address the question, "what is Enlightenment?
James Schmidt, 1996
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The Enlightenment and the Book: Scottish Authors and Their ...
The Enlightenment and the Book seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as The Wealth of Nations and The Life of Samuel Johnson were written by authors who eyed their publishers as minor functionaries in their profession.
Richard B. Sher, 2008
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This Is Enlightenment
This Is Enlightenment is a landmark volume with the polemical force and archival depth to start a conversation that extends across the disciplines that the Enlightenment itself first configured.
Clifford Siskin, William Warner, 2010
7
The Enlightenment: A Genealogy
A necessary corrective to many of our contemporary ideas about the Enlightenment, Edelstein’s book turns conventional thinking about the period on its head.
Dan Edelstein, 2010
8
Enlightenment against Empire
Enlightenment against Empire is the first book devoted to the anti-imperialist political philosophies of an age often regarded as affirming imperial ambitions.
Sankar Muthu, 2009
9
Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy and the Making of ...
In this novel interpretation of the Radical Enlightenment down to La Mettrie and Diderot, two of its key exponents, particular stress is placed on the pivotal role of Spinoza and the widespread underground international philosophical ...
Jonathan I. Israel, 2001
10
Civilization and Enlightenment: The Early Thought of ...
" "Moving back and forth between the ideas of Western thinkers and Fukuzawa's reinterpretations in terms of Japan's needs and cultural assumptions, Albert Craig provides a new analysis of the founding of modern Japan." --Book Jacket.
Albert M. Craig, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENLIGHTENMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term enlightenment is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Second Enlightenment in the Making? Seven Stories From the …
Mather talks about the need for a "Second Enlightenment" to emerge from Scotland. Our short conversation prompted me to mention such a ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
Miami Book Fair's Literati Society Aims For Enlightenment
Just like sea levels, Miami's book culture is on the rise. Ever since the first Miami Book Fair International was held in 1984 (originally dubbed ... «Miami New Times, Jul 15»
3
'Day of enlightenment' quietly dawns at Baylor
The day of enlightenment Dwyer wrote about wouldn't dawn for the world's largest Baptist university for another two decades. After years of ... «San Antonio Express-News, Jul 15»
4
False Enlightenment at the Court
The basis of the decision is a claim to special enlightenment (we shall not say “revelation”) about the meaning and import of liberty—special ... «First Things, Jul 15»
5
A Psychedelic Journey to Enlightenment
“Be Here Now The Journey of Ram Dass” by Lynne Kaufman. A psychedelic journey to enlightenment with Ram Dass (aka, Richard Alpert, who ... «San Diego Metropolitan, Jul 15»
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Guest column Fulfilling the Enlightenment dream
The scholars and thinkers of the Enlightenment sought to identify principles of natural law that transcend our religious, social, ethnic, and racial ... «Arkansas Online, Jul 15»
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Byron Williams: Enlightenment had a big week with three major …
And as we witnessed last week, Enlightenment scored a convincing, yet somewhat surprising, three round technical knockout over its Flat Earth ... «Contra Costa Times, Jul 15»
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Donizetti: Les Martyrs, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, review …
This is the expanded French version of the opera about the early Christian martyrs revived by Glyndebourne this year as “Poliuto”. Additions ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Evening enlightenment leads to wonder
MARK BALLARD/SPECIAL TO THE TELEGRAPHMark Ballard was inspired to create this artwork while watching fireflies in his backyard. «Macon Telegraph, Jul 15»
10
Hillsong conference at Sydney Olympic Park: 30000 flock for …
Olympic Park is an unlikely place to seek spiritual enlightenment. Sparse and soulless, it's a world apart from the intimacy and character of a ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»

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