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.
noun
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But these freedoms were established in the Age of Reason.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2022
Thomas Paine, in his time, wrote about "The Age of Reason."
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2020
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
This was a time when science was displacing superstition, the dawn of the Age of Reason.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2014
The "Age of Reason" went everywhere, into holes and corners, among back-woodsmen and pioneers, and did more execution among plain moral men than many a book that was more worthy of acceptance.
From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
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