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   En·light·en·ment

   /inˈlītnm(ə)nt/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action of enlightening or the state of being enlightened: "Robbie looked to me for enlightenment"
   • ▪ the action or state of attaining or having attained spiritual knowledge or insight, in particular (in Buddhism) that awareness which frees a person from the cycle of rebirth: "the key to enlightenment is the way of the Buddha"
   • 2. a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. It was heavily influenced by 17th-century philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, and Newton, and its prominent exponents include Kant, Goethe, Voltaire, Rousseau, and Adam Smith.

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