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- Dictionaryenlightenment/ɪnˈlʌɪtənm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened: "Robbie looked to me for enlightenment"
- 2. a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent figures included Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.
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