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'''Enlightenment''' or '''enlighten''' may refer to:

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==Age of Enlightenment==
* [[Age of Enlightenment]], period in Western intellectual history from the late 17th to late 18th century, centered in France but also encompassing (alphabetically by country or culture):
** Arab Enlightenment or [[Nahda]], late 19th to early 20th century
** England: [[Midlands Enlightenment]], period in 18th-century England
** Greece: [[Modern Greek Enlightenment]], an 18th-century national revival and educational movement in Greece
** Italy: [[Italian Enlightenment]], period in 18th-century Italy
** Jewish: [[Haskalah]], Jewish Enlightenment, movement among European Jews in the late 18th century
** Poland: [[Enlightenment in Poland]], ideas of the Age of Enlightenment in Poland
** Russia: [[Russian Enlightenment]], 18th-century period of active government encouragement of proliferation of arts and sciences in Russia
** Scotland: [[Scottish Enlightenment]], period in 18th-century Scotland
** Spain: [[Enlightenment in Spain]], came to Spain with a new dynasty, the Bourbons, subsequent reform and 'enlightened despotism'
** United States: [[American Enlightenment]], intellectual culture of the British North American colonies and the early United States

== Religion ==
* [[Enlightenment in Buddhism]], translation of the term ''bodhi'' ("awakening"}
* [[Moksha]]
* [[Moksha (Jainism)]]
* [[Kevala jnana]], awakened knowledge in Jainism
* [[Divine illumination]]

==Computing==
*[[Enlightenment (window manager)]], an X Window System window manager
*[[Enlighten (radiosity engine)]], code to do real-time calculation of indirect lighting ("radiosity") in video
*[[Enlightenment Foundation Libraries]], a set of graphics libraries

==Events==
* [[Enlighten Canberra]], an annual arts and cultural festival in Canberra, Australia
* "Enlightenment", the main artistic performance in the [[2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony]]

==Film and television==
*[[Enlightenment (Doctor Who)|''Enlightenment'' (Doctor Who)]], a 1983 ''Doctor Who'' serial 

==Music==
*[[Enlightenment (Van Morrison album)|''Enlightenment'' (Van Morrison album)]], 1990
*[[Enlightenment (McCoy Tyner album)|''Enlightenment'' (McCoy Tyner album)]], 1973
*[[Enlightenment (Van Morrison song)|"Enlightenment" (Van Morrison song)]], 1990
*[[Enlightenment (soundtrack album)|''Enlightenment'' (soundtrack album)]], the soundtrack of the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony

==Other uses==
*[[Ionian Enlightenment]], the origin of ancient Greek advances in philosophy and science
*[[Dark Enlightenment]], an anti-democratic and reactionary movement that broadly rejects egalitarianism and Whig historiography
*[[Enlightenment Intensive]], a group retreat designed to enable a spiritual enlightenment
*[[Enlightenment Movement (Afghanistan)]], a Hazara grassroots civil disobedience group created in Afghanistan in 2016
*[[Project Enlightenment]], an educational program

==See also==
* [[Counter-Enlightenment]], a term used by some 20th century commentators to describe contemporary reasoned opposition to the Age of Enlightenment
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*[[Enlightened (disambiguation)]]
*[[Illumination (disambiguation)]]
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