Enlightenment synonyms
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satori (Zen Buddhism)
To explain or clarify something:
(--- Religion) To give spiritual insight and understanding to
Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enlightenment.
Culture is defined as a high degree of taste, knowledge and interest in arts, literature and other scholarly fields.
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bodhi
(Buddhism) The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana
To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.
Something, as a writing or event, containing or showing such a communication, disclosure, or manifestation
To educate is defined as to teach a skill or subject, or provide with information.
To give light to; light up
To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate.
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transcendence (related)
(Uncountable) Mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is subjective by its nature.
civilization (related)
The definition of civilization refers to a society or group of people or the process of achieving a higher state of social development.
Giving light; illuminating
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Of, capable of, or causing illumination
A clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing
(Buddhism) The state of perfect blessedness achieved by the extinction of individual existence and by the absorption of the soul into the supreme spirit, or by the extinction of all desires and passions
knowledge (related)
Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study:
edificatory
Tending to edification.
To cause to learn by example or experience:
confusion (antonym)
The definition of confusion is a state of bewilderment, misunderstanding or chaos.
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bewilderment (antonym)
The definition of bewilderment is a feeling of confusion or lack of understanding.
puzzlement (antonym)
A puzzle.
ignorance (antonym)
The condition of being uninformed or uneducated. Lack of knowledge or information.
Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).
A period of European history in the 18th cent. noted for belief in the ability of reason to discover truth, shape society, etc.
unenlightenment (antonym)
education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge
humanism (related)
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romanticism (related)
mysticism (related)
modernism (related)
rationalism (related)
modernity (related)
christianity (related)
idealism (related)
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materialism (related)
philosophes (related)
spirituality (related)
scholasticism (related)
buddhism (related)
Find another word for enlightenment. In this page you can discover 47 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for enlightenment, like: satori (Zen Buddhism), elucidate, wisdom, enlighten, edification, culture, illuminating, bodhi, edify, revelation and truth.