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Enlightenment
01
education or knowledge that brings understanding, insight, or awareness
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Reading widely can lead to personal enlightenment.
The lecture provided enlightenment on modern physics.
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
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The Enlightenment challenged traditional authority and promoted reason as the basis for understanding the world.
De Verlichting daagde traditionele autoriteit uit en bevorderde rede als basis voor het begrijpen van de wereld.
Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and Rousseau advocated for freedom of thought and expression.
Denkers van de Verlichting zoals Voltaire en Rousseau pleitten voor vrijheid van gedachte en expressie.
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
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The monk achieved enlightenment after years of meditation.
Enlightenment in Buddhism marks the end of worldly suffering.
Lexicale Boom
unenlightenment
enlightenment
enlighten
lighten
