how to pronounce enlightenment
/ˌɛnˈlaɪtənmənt/
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enlightenment is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of enlightenment in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… you had a an Enlightenment period really …”
meanings of enlightenment
noun:
- A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
- An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
name:
- A 17th and 18th-century philosophical movement in European history; the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Reason emphasizing rationalism.
enlightenment frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR
the word enlightenment occurs in english on average 6.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics enlightenment can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that enlightenment can be often used in the following areas:
1) education, science, and technology;
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