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Definition of enlightenment : 1. Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
2. AufklArung.

Synonyms:

judiciousness, prudence, heaven, awareness, insight, prescience, discernment, reasonableness, foresight, illumination, attainment, paradise, discretion, erudition, civilization, understanding, knowledge, culture, promised land, sense, nirvana, skill, profundity, depth, judgment, information, wisdom, age of reason, sagacity, reason, teach

teaching, instruction, training, tutelage, guidance, schooling, education, edification

pedantry, scholarship, studiousness, reading, learning

Usage examples:

• The people themselves, in spite of the enlightenment of the educated classes, showed little initiative or energy. - "The South American Republics Part I of II", Thomas C. Dawson.
• It is a better word than the French l'Illuminisme, the Enlightenment. - "Edward Caldwell Moore Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant", Edward Moore.
• But we must first bring enlightenment to men's minds. - "The Jewish State", Theodor Herzl Commentator: Louis Lipsky Alex Bein.