the Enlightenment

noun

: a movement of the 18th century that stressed the belief that science and logic give people more knowledge and understanding than tradition and religion

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It was precipitated first by the Enlightenment, then the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions, and finally the emergence, on the back of these developments, of Capitalism. —

Jon Moynihan, Fortune Europe, 3 Dec. 2024 For pro-regime intellectuals, the Enlightenment concept of individual rights placed unacceptable limitations on the state. —

Ervand Abrahamian, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2016 Abraham-Louis Breguet was, in a way, to the Enlightenment what Steve Jobs was to the Information Age. —

Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2024 Read More: The Witch Trials That America Forgot The partisans of both the Enlightenment and Evangelicalism, with otherwise little in common, might share a blanching at that description of the occult project. —

Ed Simon, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Enlightenment

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