"Age of Enlightenment" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the Age of Enlightenment [canonical]
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  1. (history) A period of European intellectual history during which the Enlightenment, an intellectual movement emphasizing the importance of logic and reason, flourished, from part of the 17th century through much of the 18th century. Synonyms: Age of Reason Translations (period of European intellectual history): عَصْر اَلتَّنْوِير (ʕaṣr at-tanwīr) [masculine] (Arabic), segle de les llums [masculine] (Catalan), 啟蒙時代 /启蒙时代 (Qǐméng shídài) (Chinese Mandarin), osvícenství [neuter] (Czech), oplysningstiden [common-gender] (Danish), upplýsingartíðin [feminine] (Faroese), valistusaika (Finnish), siècle des Lumières [masculine] (French), განმანათლებლობის ხანა (ganmanatleblobis xana) (Georgian), განმანათლებლობის ეპოქა (ganmanatleblobis eṗoka) (Georgian), Zeitalter der Aufklärung [neuter] (German), Εποχή του Διαφωτισμού (Epochí tou Diafotismoú) [feminine] (Greek), यूरोपीय ज्ञानोदय (yūropīya jñānoday) [masculine] (Hindi), Abad Pencerahan (Indonesian), 啓蒙時代 (Keimō Jidai) (alt: けいもうじだい) (Japanese), 계몽시대 (Gyemongsidae) (alt: 啓蒙時代) (Korean), opplysningstid [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), opplysingstid [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), عصر روشنگری (asr-e rowšangari) (Persian), oświecenie [neuter] (Polish), Oświecenie [neuter] (Polish), Iluminismo [masculine] (Portuguese), эпо́ха просвеще́ния (epóxa prosveščénija) [feminine] (Russian), Siglo de las Luces (Spanish), Zama za Mwangaza (Swahili), upplysningstid [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  "word": "Age of Enlightenment"
}

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