Iluminismo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- enlightenment noun The state of having clear understanding, insight, or wisdom.
Senses
Iluminismo is used for these senses in English:
- Age of Enlightenment (historical period) A period of European intellectual history during which the Enlightenment, an intellectual movement emphasizing the importance of logic and reason, flourished, from part of the 17th century through much of the 18th century.
- Enlightenment (history) A 17th- and 18th-century European intellectual movement emphasizing rationalism. The period during which it flourished is called the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason.
enlightenment — full definition
- noun The state of having clear understanding, insight, or wisdom.
- name The Enlightenment: an 17th-and-18th-century European intellectual movement that championed reason and science over tradition and superstition.