Age of Enlightenment

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the Age of Enlightenment

  1. (history) A period of European intellectual history during which the Enlightenment, an intellectual movement emphasizing the importance of logic and reason, flourished, from part of the 17th century through much of the 18th century.
    Synonym: Age of Reason

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