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enlightenment

英/ɛnlˈaɪtənmənt/
美/ˌɛnˈɫaɪtənmənt/
01n.

启迪, 教化

education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge; a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine