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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We've abandoned the Age of Reason, are lacking in common sense and live in times that truly try men's souls.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2022
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
This was a time when science was displacing superstition, the dawn of the Age of Reason.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2014
On this he was engaged about the time that he was answering Bishop Watson's book on the "Age of Reason."
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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