enlightenment

Noun

• a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
  • the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms
    

• (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

• education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Enlightenment , Age of Reason , nirvana