Age of Enlightenment
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Age of Enlightenment
proper noun the Age of Enlightenment
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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.
Similar: Enlightenment, Age of Reason
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name period of European history
| Español | Siglo de las Luces |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 계몽시대 Gyemongsidae |
| 日本語 | 啓蒙時代 Keimō Jidai |
| 中文 | 啟蒙時代 /启蒙时代 Qǐméng shídài |
| हिन्दी | यूरोपीय ज्ञानोदय yūropīya jñānoday |
| Kiswahili | Zama za Mwangaza |
| Português | Iluminismo |
| Français | siècle des Lumières |
| Deutsch | Zeitalter der Aufklärung |
| Ελληνικά | Εποχή του Διαφωτισμού Epochí tou Diafotismoú |
| Русский | эпо́ха просвеще́ния epóxa prosveščénija |
| العربية | عَصْر اَلتَّنْوِير ʕaṣr at-tanwīr |
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