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AGE OF REASON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Age of Reason mean?
• AGE OF REASON (noun)
The noun AGE OF REASON has 1 sense:
1. a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
Familiarity information: AGE OF REASON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Age of Reason; Enlightenment
Context example:
the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms
Hypernyms ("Age of Reason" is a kind of...):
reform movement (a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms)
Instance hypernyms:
age; historic period (an era of history having some distinctive feature)
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