Enlightenment

See also: enlightenment

English

Alternative forms

• Enlightment (rare)

Proper noun

Enlightenment

1. (definite article) A 17th and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism.

   Synonyms: age of reason, Aufklärung

   • 1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 36 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN

     He first presented a complementary thesis on the Enlightenment philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804), in which he used the term “archaeology” for the first time, and which indicated the period of history to which he was constantly to return.
     The Enlightenment: the intellectual, philosophical, cultural and scientific spirit of the 18th century. A belief in reason, progress, man’s “maturity” and a general rejection of tradition, religion and authority.

Derived terms

• post-Enlightenment

Translations

the Enlightenment

• Arabic: عَصْر اَلتَّنْوِير m (ʕaṣr at-tanwīr)
• Armenian: Լուսավորություն (Lusavorutʻyun), Լուսավորականություն (Lusavorakanutʻyun)
• Catalan: Il·lustració f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 啟蒙時代／启蒙时代 (Qǐméng Shídài), 启蒙时代 (Qǐméng shídài)

• Czech: osvícenství n
• Dutch: verlichting (nl) f
• Estonian: valgustusajastu
• Finnish: valistusaika (fi)
• French: les Lumières (fr) f pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Georgian: განმანათლებლობა (ganmanatlebloba)
• German: Aufklärung (de) f
• Greek: Διαφωτισμός (el) m (Diafotismós)
• Hungarian: felvilágosodás (hu)
• Italian: illuminismo (it) m
• Japanese: 啓蒙時代 (けいもうじだい, keimō jidai)
• Polish: Oświecenie n
• Portuguese: Iluminismo m
• Russian: Просвеще́ние n (Prosveščénije)
• Spanish: Ilustración f, Iluminismo m
• Swedish: Upplysningen
• Thai: ยุคเรืองปัญญา, ยุคสว่าง
• Turkish: Aydınlanma

Further reading

• Enlightenment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Age of Enlightenment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia