"enlightenment" meaning in English

See enlightenment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈlaɪtənmənt/, /ənˈlaɪtənmənt/, /-laɪtmənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enlightenment.wav Forms: enlightenments [plural]
Etymology: From enlighten + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|enlighten|ment}} enlighten + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} enlightenment (usually uncountable, plural enlightenments)
  1. An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (act of enlightening, state of being enlightened): ndriçim (Albanian), تَنْوِير (tanwīr) [masculine] (Arabic), maarif (Azerbaijani), maariflənmə (Azerbaijani), maarifləndirmə (Azerbaijani), maarifləndirilmə (Azerbaijani), асве́тніцтва (asvjétnictva) [neuter] (Belarusian), просве́та (prosvéta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 啟發 (Chinese Mandarin), 启发 (qǐfā) (Chinese Mandarin), 啟迪 (Chinese Mandarin), 启迪 (qǐdí) (Chinese Mandarin), 教育 (jiàoyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 啟蒙 (Chinese Mandarin), 启蒙 (qǐméng) (Chinese Mandarin), 教化 (jiàohuà) (Chinese Mandarin), osvícení [neuter] (Czech), verlichting (Dutch), valaistuminen (Finnish), esclarecemento [masculine] (Galician), Aufklärung [feminine] (German), φώτιση (fótisi) [feminine] (Greek), megvilágosodás (Hungarian), pencerahan (Indonesian), léargas [masculine] (Irish), illuminismo [masculine] (Italian), 悟り (satori) (alt: さとり) (Japanese), ағартушылық (ağartuşylyq) (Kazakh), ការត្រាស់ដឹង (kaa trah dəng) (Khmer), lux [feminine] (Latin), просветлување (prosvetluvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), просвета (prosveta) [feminine] (Macedonian), kecerahan (Malay), penyedaran (english: act of) (Malay), kesedaran (english: state of) (Malay), tidwil (Maltese), māramatanga (Maori), प्रबुद्धता (prabuddhatā) (Nepali), oświecenie [neuter] (Polish), esclarecimento [masculine] (Portuguese), iluminism [neuter] (Romanian), luminism [neuter] (Romanian), просвеще́ние (prosveščénije) [neuter] (Russian), просвећење [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), просвјећење [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), prosvećenje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), prosvjećenje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), iluminado [masculine] (Spanish), upplysning [common-gender] (Swedish), జ్ఞానోదయం (jñānōdayaṁ) (Telugu), aydınlanma (Turkish), осві́чення (osvíčennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), осві́та (osvíta) [feminine] (Ukrainian), просві́тництво (prosvítnyctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), goleuedigaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
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  2. A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Buddhism, Philosophy Translations (philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge): асве́тніцтва (asvjétnictva) [neuter] (Belarusian), просвеще́ние (prosvešténie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 開悟 (Chinese Mandarin), 开悟 (kāiwù) (Chinese Mandarin), 啟蒙 (Chinese Mandarin), 启蒙 (qǐméng) (Chinese Mandarin), osvícenství [neuter] (Czech), oplysning [common-gender] (Danish), verlichting [feminine] (Dutch), valistus (Finnish), illumination [feminine] (French), Aufklärung [feminine] (German), διαφωτισμός (diafotismós) (Greek), felvilágosodás (Hungarian), soilsiú [masculine] (Irish), léargas [masculine] (Irish), illuminazione [feminine] (Italian), 悟り (satori) (Japanese), 啓蒙 (keimō) (alt: けいもう) (Japanese), 계몽 (gyemong) (alt: 啓蒙) (Korean), просветителство (prosvetitelstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), гэгээрэл (gegeerel) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), opplysing [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), رُوشَنگَری (rowšangari) (Persian), oświecenie [neuter] (Polish), iluminare [feminine] (Romanian), просвеще́ние (prosveščénije) [neuter] (Russian), просветле́ние (prosvetlénije) [neuter] (Russian), просветитељство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), просвјетитељство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), osvietenstvo [neuter] (Slovak), razsvetljenstvo [neuter] (Slovene), iluminación [feminine] (Spanish), ilustración [feminine] (Spanish), iluminismo [masculine] (Spanish), upplysning [common-gender] (Swedish), การตรัสรู้ (gaan-dtràt-sà-rúu) (Thai), การรู้แจ้ง (Thai), просві́тництво (prosvítnyctvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), sự giác ngộ [neuter] (Vietnamese), goleuedigaeth [feminine] (Welsh)
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Synonyms: epiphany, peace that passeth understanding, bodhi, satori, zen, enlightment [rare] Derived forms: pseudoenlightenment

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      "word": "epiphany"
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      "word": "peace that passeth understanding"
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      "word": "bodhi"
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    {
      "word": "satori"
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      "word": "zen"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "ndriçim"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "word": "تَنْوِير"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "maarif"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "maariflənmə"
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      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "maarifləndirmə"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "maarifləndirilmə"
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      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "асве́тніцтва"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prosvéta",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "просве́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "啟發"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qǐfā",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "启发"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "啟迪"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "qǐdí",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "启迪"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "jiàoyù",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "教育"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "啟蒙"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qǐméng",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "启蒙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàohuà",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "教化"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "osvícení"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "verlichting"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "valaistuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "esclarecemento"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufklärung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fótisi",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φώτιση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "megvilágosodás"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "pencerahan"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "léargas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "illuminismo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さとり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "satori",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "悟り"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
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      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "ағартушылық"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa trah dəng",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "ការត្រាស់ដឹង"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lux"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prosvetluvanje",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "просветлување"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "prosveta",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "kecerahan"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "english": "act of",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "penyedaran"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "kesedaran"
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      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "tidwil"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "māramatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "prabuddhatā",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "प्रबुद्धता"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oświecenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esclarecimento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "iluminism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "luminism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prosveščénije",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "просвеще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "просвећење"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "просвјећење"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prosvećenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "prosvjećenje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iluminado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "upplysning"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "jñānōdayaṁ",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "జ్ఞానోదయం"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "word": "aydınlanma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "osvíčennja",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "осві́чення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "osvíta",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осві́та"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prosvítnyctvo",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "просві́тництво"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "act of enlightening, state of being enlightened",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goleuedigaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "asvjétnictva",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "асве́тніцтва"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prosvešténie",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "просвеще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "word": "開悟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "kāiwù",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "word": "开悟"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "word": "啟蒙"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "word": "启蒙"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "osvícenství"
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      "word": "oplysning"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "verlichting"
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      "word": "valistus"
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      "lang": "French",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "illumination"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufklärung"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "word": "διαφωτισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "felvilágosodás"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "soilsiú"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "léargas"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "illuminazione"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "word": "悟り"
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      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "word": "啓蒙"
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      "alt": "啓蒙",
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      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "word": "계몽"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "prosvetitelstvo",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "просветителство"
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      "code": "mn",
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      "roman": "gegeerel",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "гэгээрэл"
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      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "opplysing"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rowšangari",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "word": "رُوشَنگَری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "oświecenie"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iluminare"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "prosveščénije",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "просвеще́ние"
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "просветле́ние"
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "просветитељство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "просвјетитељство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "osvietenstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "razsvetljenstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "iluminación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ilustración"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iluminismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "upplysning"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gaan-dtràt-sà-rúu",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "word": "การตรัสรู้"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "word": "การรู้แจ้ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prosvítnyctvo",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "просві́тництво"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sự giác ngộ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "goleuedigaeth"
    }
  ],
  "word": "enlightenment"
}

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