"Enlightenment" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the Enlightenment [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Enlightenment}} the Enlightenment
  1. A 17th- and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism. Categories (topical): History, Philosophy Synonyms: age of reason, Aufklärung, Enlightment [rare] Derived forms: Age of Enlightenment, post-Enlightenment Translations (17th- and 18th-century philosophical movement): عَصْر اَلتَّنْوِير (ʕaṣr at-tanwīr) [masculine] (Arabic), Լուսավորություն (Lusavorutʻyun) (Armenian), Լուսավորականություն (Lusavorakanutʻyun) (Armenian), Асве́тніцтва (Asvjétnictva) [neuter] (Belarusian), Il·lustració [feminine] (Catalan), 啟蒙時代 (Chinese Mandarin), 启蒙时代 (Qǐméng shídài) (Chinese Mandarin), osvícenství [neuter] (Czech), verlichting [feminine] (Dutch), valgustusajastu (Estonian), valistusaika (Finnish), les Lumières [feminine, plural] (French), განმანათლებლობა (ganmanatlebloba) (Georgian), Aufklärung [feminine] (German), Διαφωτισμός (Diafotismós) [masculine] (Greek), felvilágosodás (Hungarian), Eagnaíocht [feminine] (Irish), illuminismo [masculine] (Italian), 啓蒙時代 (keimō jidai) (alt: けいもうじだい) (Japanese), 계몽주의 (gyemongjuui) (alt: 啓蒙主義) (Korean), Oświecenie [neuter] (Polish), Iluminismo [masculine] (Portuguese), Просвеще́ние (Prosveščénije) [neuter] (Russian), Ilustración [feminine] (Spanish), Iluminismo [masculine] (Spanish), el Siglo de las Luces [masculine] (Spanish), Upplysningen (Swedish), ยุคเรืองปัญญา (Thai), ยุคสว่าง (Thai), Aydınlanma (Turkish), Просві́тництво (Prosvítnyctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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