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enlightenments

enlightenments is the plural of enlightenment.

Meaning of enlightenment

Noun

enlightenment (usually uncountable, plural enlightenments)

  1. (usually) An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
  2. (usually) A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
    • But the man who has attained enlightenment sees that the apparent reality is mere illusion, or, as was said a couple of thousand years later, that there is nothing good nor bad but thinking makes it so.1893, Thomas Huxley, Evolution and Ethics

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Questions about enlightenments

What is enlightenments the plural of?
Enlightenments is the plural of enlightenment.

Words near enlightenments in the dictionary

  1. enlightenest
  2. enlighteneth
  3. enlightening
  4. enlighteningly
  5. enlightenment
  6. enlightenments
  7. enlightens
  8. enlighting
  9. enlightment
  10. enlightments
  11. enlights

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