ENLIGHTENMENT Synonyms
18 hypernyms for enlightenment. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for ENLIGHTENMENT
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| epiphany | noun n | |||||
noun • a divine manifestation • twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus | ||||||
| awakening | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • the act of waking | ||||||
| clarity | noun n | |||||
noun • free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression • the quality of clear water | ||||||
| cognizance | noun n | |||||
noun • having knowledge of • range of what one can know or understand • range or scope of what is perceived | ||||||
| comprehension | noun n | |||||
noun • an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) • the relation of comprising something | ||||||
| illumination | noun n | |||||
noun • a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination • the degree of visibility of your environment • an interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding • the luminous flux incident on a unit area • painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) | ||||||
| insight | noun n | |||||
noun • clear or deep perception of a situation • a feeling of understanding • the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation • grasping the inner nature of things intuitively | ||||||
| intelligence | noun n | |||||
noun • the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience • a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy • secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy) • information about recent and important events • the operation of gathering information about an enemy | ||||||
| knowledge | noun n | |||||
noun • the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | ||||||
| realization | noun n | |||||
noun • coming to understand something clearly and distinctly • making real or giving the appearance of reality • a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer • a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained • the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer • something that is made real or concrete | ||||||
| understanding | noun n | |||||
noun • the cognitive condition of someone who understands • the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises • an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion • the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination adjective satellite • characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy | ||||||
| wisdom | noun n | |||||
noun • accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment • an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC • the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight • ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight • the quality of being prudent and sensible | ||||||
| nirvana | noun n | |||||
noun • (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness • any place of complete bliss and delight and peace | ||||||
| satori | noun n | |||||
noun • (Zen Buddhism) a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment | ||||||
| age of enlightenment | noun n | |||||
noun • a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine | ||||||
| age of reason | noun n | |||||
noun • a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine | ||||||