Age of Reason
Americannoun
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any period in history, especially the 18th century in France, England, etc., characterized by a critical approach to religious, social, and philosophical matters that seeks to repudiate beliefs or systems not based on or justifiable by reason.
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age of reason, the age at which a person is considered capable of distinguishing between right and wrong.
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Example Sentences
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It sure feels like the Age of Reason is behind us.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2022
While Newton and Locke were ushering in an Age of Reason in Europe, over in America unreason was taking new seductive forms.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2017
They imagine it as a scene straight from the Age of Reason, a time when rationality and virtue ruled the day.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2016
Oglethorpe’s vision for Georgia followed the ideals of the Age of Reason, seeing it as a place for England’s “worthy poor” to start anew.
From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014
The excitement caused in England by the "Age of Reason," and the large number of attempted replies to it, were duly remarked by the Moniteur and other French journals.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel
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