Enlightenment
01
education or knowledge that brings understanding, insight, or awareness
例
Reading widely can lead to personal enlightenment.
02
啓蒙, 啓蒙時代
a philosophical movement in the late 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and science were of more importance than tradition and religion
例
The Enlightenment challenged traditional authority and promoted reason as the basis for understanding the world.
啓蒙時代は伝統的な権威に挑戦し、世界を理解するための基礎として理性を推進しました。
03
(in Buddhism and Hinduism) a transcendent state of spiritual realization, liberation from the cycle of reincarnation, characterized by the cessation of desire, suffering, and individual consciousness
例
The monk achieved enlightenment after years of meditation.
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unenlightenment
enlightenment
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