enlightenment
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5.1
- noun
- /ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt/
- After years of studying different cultures, he finally experienced a profound sense of enlightenment.
- attain enlightenment
- knowledge and enlightenment
- Western enlightenment
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Watch on YouTubeSo what my emotional response is, enlightenment is when you feel less confused.
- So what my emotional response is, enlightenment is when you feel less confused.
- Well, maybe a little enlightenment about, you know, doing your best to save the world.
- And I just want to sort of pump people's enlightenment regarding the natural world around them.
- And, you know, I, I just find so much joy and so much enlightenment in, in this way of expressing it.
Examples
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Have you come to offer me enlightenment?
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Path to enlightenment is to know yourself.
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So all of that other stuff, enlightenment, love, those things will come.
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Read this and follow me to economic enlightenment and power.
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It's through enlightenment that we are made aware of our limitations.
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And what he was describing was the way to enlightenment essentially.
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Bringing enlightenment to the darker regions of the earth.
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And I just want to sort of pump people's enlightenment regarding the natural world around them.
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Last but not least, significantly, enlightenment is attained not only once but numerous times.
Academic text (2015) -
Thanks for the enlightenment.
Synonyms
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1.0
Learning knowledge and skills, often at school or university
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Becoming suddenly aware of something
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4.4
A new understanding that makes you see things differently
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Learning that improves the mind or character
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5.3
A clear explanation that makes something easier to understand
Antonyms
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1.6
When someone does not understand something correctly and this causes a problem
Compounds
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A European movement that uses reason and science to question old beliefs and support people's rights
How Enlightened
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Etymology
Enlightenment comes from the parts en- 'to make' and light 'light', so it originally meant to 'make light' on something; that's why it now means gaining knowledge or clear understanding.