enlightenment




enlightenment - noun

  • education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
  • (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
  • a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
  • enlightenment - thesaurus

    nirvana