Aufklärung

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From German Aufklärung (enlightenment).[1]

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Aufklärung

  1. The Enlightenment.[1]

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Singular
Aufklärung

Plural
uncountable

Aufklärung (uncountable)

  1. (sometimes pejorative)[1] Illuminism; the aims, manner, spirit, &c. of the Aufklärer.[1]

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  • Notes:
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4‖Aufklärung” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

[edit] German

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Literally "clearing up".

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Aufklärung f. (genitive Aufklärung, plural Aufklärungen)

  1. the act of enlightening; an instance of enlightening
  2. the Age of Enlightenment
    "Enlightenment is man's leaving his self-caused immaturity."
  3. sex education
  4. clarification, as of a criminal case, mystery, etc.
  5. (secret services) intelligence

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