en·light·en·ment /ɪnˈlaɪtṇmənt, ɛn-/
啟迪,教化
En·light·en·ment n.
1. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
2. same as Aufklärung.
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enlightenment
n 1: education that results in understanding and the spread of
knowledge [ant: unenlightenment]
2: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the
cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of
desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn: Nirvana]
3: a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of
reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social
institutions [syn: Age of Reason]