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Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Age of Reason
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
age of reason
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Meaning 2
Synonym of Age of Enlightenment
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: Age of Enlightenment
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Seven years of age, at which age a person is morally liable for the sins that they commit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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Synonyms: age of discretion
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noun
Meaning 4
Age at which a person is able to distinguish right from wrong and make their own decisions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 5
a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Enlightenment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reform movement, historic period, age
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Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Polish: Oświecenie — Age of Enlightenment — see also Age of Enlightenment
- Finnish: vastuullinen ikä — age at which a person is morally liable for the sins that they commit
- French: âge de raison — age at which a person is morally liable for the sins that they commit
- Polish: wiek rozumu — age at which a person is morally liable for the sins that they commit
- Dutch: jaren des onderscheids — age at which a person is able to distinguish right from wrong
- Finnish: vastuullinen ikä — age at which a person is able to distinguish right from wrong
- French: âge de raison — age at which a person is able to distinguish right from wrong
- Polish: wiek rozumu — age at which a person is able to distinguish right from wrong