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Enlightenment
01
education or knowledge that brings understanding, insight, or awareness
Voorbeelden
Travel often brings cultural enlightenment.
02
de Verlichting, de Eeuw van de Verlichting
a philosophical movement in the late 17th and 18th centuries that emphasized reason and science were of more importance than tradition and religion
Voorbeelden
The Enlightenment paved the way for scientific advancements and the questioning of religious dogma.
De Verlichting baande de weg voor wetenschappelijke vooruitgang en het in vraag stellen van religieuze dogma's.
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
Voorbeelden
Hinduism describes enlightenment as liberation from rebirth.
Lexicale Boom
unenlightenment
enlightenment
enlighten
lighten
