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enlightenment

noun

= understanding, information, learning, education, teaching, knowledge, instruction, awareness, wisdom, insight, literacy, sophistication, comprehension, cultivation, refinement, open-mindedness, edification, broad-mindedness • He'd set off for the East in search of spiritual enlightenment.

'enlightenment' in Other Languages

British English: enlightenment Enlightenment means the act of enlightening or the state of being enlightened. NOUNShe had a moment of enlightenment.
Brazilian Portuguese: esclarecimento
Chinese: 启发启啟发發
European Spanish: iluminación
French: illumination
German: Aufklärung
Italian: rivelazione
Japanese: 悟り
Korean: 깨우침
Portuguese: esclarecimento
Spanish: iluminación

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