slovo | definícia |
enlightenment (mass) | enlightenment
- poučenie |
enlightenment (encz) | enlightenment,osvěta n: web |
enlightenment (encz) | enlightenment,osvícení n: Zdeněk Brož |
enlightenment (encz) | enlightenment,poučení n: parkmaj |
Enlightenment (gcide) | Enlightenment \En*light"en*ment\, n.
1. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or
instructed.
[1913 Webster]
2. same as Aufkl[aum]rung.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
enlightenment (wn) | enlightenment
n 1: education that results in understanding and the spread of
knowledge [ant: unenlightenment]
2: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the
cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of
desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn:
nirvana, enlightenment]
3: a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that
advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of
tradition and established doctrine; "the Enlightenment
brought about many humanitarian reforms" [syn:
Enlightenment, Age of Reason] |
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