Enlightenment synonyms

satori (Zen Buddhism)

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The ability to apply relevant knowledge in an insightful way, especially to different situations from that in which the knowledge was gained.

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illuminating

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enlighten

(--- Religion) To give spiritual insight and understanding to

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edification

Intellectual, moral, or spiritual improvement; enlightenment.

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elucidate

To explain or clarify something:

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culture

Culture is defined as a high degree of taste, knowledge and interest in arts, literature and other scholarly fields.

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revelation

Something, as a writing or event, containing or showing such a communication, disclosure, or manifestation

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bodhi

(Buddhism) The state of enlightenment that finally ends the cycle of death and rebirth and leads to nirvana

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edify

To instruct or improve morally or intellectually.

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knowledge (related)

Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study:

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educate

To educate is defined as to teach a skill or subject, or provide with information.

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illuminate

To give light to; light up

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awareness

The state or quality of being aware of something

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education

(Countable) Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.

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understanding

(Uncountable) Mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is subjective by its nature.

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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.

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enlightening

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illuminant

Giving light; illuminating

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illuminative

Of, capable of, or causing illumination

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nirvana

(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

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truth

That which is real, in a deeper sense; spiritual or "˜genuine' reality.

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irradiate

To enlighten intellectually; to illuminate.

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buddhism (related)

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transcendence (related)

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insight

A clear understanding of the inner nature of some specific thing

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edificatory

Tending to edification.

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teach

To cause to learn by example or experience:

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bewilderment (antonym)

The definition of bewilderment is a feeling of confusion or lack of understanding.

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puzzlement (antonym)

A puzzle.

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ignorance (antonym)

The condition of being uninformed or uneducated. Lack of knowledge or information.

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illumination

Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See illuminate (transitive verb).

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age-of-reason

A period of European history in the 18th cent. noted for belief in the ability of reason to discover truth, shape society, etc.

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unenlightenment (antonym)

education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

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humanism (related)

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romanticism (related)

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mysticism (related)

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modernism (related)

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rationalism (related)

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modernity (related)

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christianity (related)

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idealism (related)

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materialism (related)

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philosophes (related)

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spirituality (related)

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scholasticism (related)

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confusion (antonym)

The definition of confusion is a state of bewilderment, misunderstanding or chaos.

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