enlightenment
1. education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge (Freq. 1) • Ant: unenlightenment • Derivationally related forms: enlighten • Hypernyms: education • Hyponyms: edification, sophistication, satori 2. (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness • Syn: nirvana • Topics: Hinduism, Hindooism, Buddhism • Hypernyms: blessedness, beatitude, beatification
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