Usually means: Understanding through profound insight and knowledge.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word enlightenment:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. enlightenment, the Enlightenment, the enlightenment: Merriam-Webster
  2. enlightenment, the Enlightenment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. enlightenment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. enlightenment, the Enlightenment: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Enlightenment, enlightenment: Vocabulary.com
  6. Enlightenment, enlightenment: Wordnik
  7. enlightenment, the Enlightenment, the enlightenment: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Enlightenment, enlightenment: Wiktionary
  9. enlightenment: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. enlightenment: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. enlightenment: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Enlightenment, the enlightenment: Dictionary.com
  13. enlightenment: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Enlightenment (Buddhism), Enlightenment (Doctor Who), Enlightenment (McCoy Tyner album), Enlightenment (Van Morrison album), Enlightenment (Van Morrison song), Enlightenment (religious), Enlightenment (software), Enlightenment (soundtrack album), Enlightenment (spiritual), Enlightenment (window manager), Enlightenment, The Enlightenment, The enlightenment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Enlightenment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. enlightenment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. enlightenment: Rhymezone
  18. Enlightenment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. ENLIGHTENMENT: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  20. enlightenment: FreeDictionary.org
  21. enlightenment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. The Enlightenment, enlightenment: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. enlightenment: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Enlightenment: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Enlightenment: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Enlightenment (concept), The Enlightenment, enlightenment: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Enlightenment (Buddhism), The Enlightenment, enlightenment: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. enlightenment: Natural Health glossary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)
  2. Enlightenment: Glosario de términos filosóficos (en inglés)

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Buddhism Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  3. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. enlightenment: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See enlightenments as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
noun:  A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
noun:  A 17th- and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism.

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