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Aufklärung

American  
[ouf-kle-roong] / ˈaʊfˌklɛ rʊŋ /

noun

German.
  1. enlightenment.

  2. European History. the Enlightenment.


Aufklärung British  
/ ˈaufklɛːruŋ /

noun

  1. the Enlightenment, esp in Germany

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Es braucht humanitäre Korridore, einen Waffenstillstand & vollständige Aufklärung der Kriegsverbrechen.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2022

In 1784 Kant wrote a tractate entitled, Was ist Aufklärung?

From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell

The period of the Aufklärung viewed art with scant favour, but with the rise of the New Humanism a change in favour of art took place.

From An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy by Jones, W. Tudor (William Tudor)

Between his own transplanted artistic interests on the one hand and his association with the great throng of artists that the Aufklärung had doubtless brought and held, he should do well enough.

From With the Procession by Fuller, Henry Blake

Yeovil hurried through the Arcade; it was not here, in this atmosphere of staring alien eyes and jangling tongues, that he wanted to read the news of the Imperial Aufklärung.

From When William Came by Saki

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