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Enlightenment or enlighten may refer to:

History

Age of Enlightenment, period in Western intellectual and cultural history from the late 17th to late 18th century, centered in France and Great Britain but also encompassing:
- Dutch Enlightenment, in the 17th- and 18th-century Netherlands
- French Enlightenment, in 17th- and 18th-century France
- Midlands Enlightenment, in the 18th-century English Midlands
- German Enlightenment, in the 18th century in modern-day Germany
- Austrian Enlightenment, in the 18th century in modern-day Austria
- Modern Greek Enlightenment, in the 18th century in modern-day Greece
- Hungarian Enlightenment, in the 18th century in modern-day Hungary
- Italian Enlightenment, in 18th-century Italy
- Jewish Haskalah or Jewish Enlightenment, movement among European Jews in the late 18th century
- Polish Enlightenment, in 18th-century Poland
- Portuguese Enlightenment, in 18th-century Portugal
- Romanian Enlightenment, in the 18th century in modern-day Romania
- Russian Enlightenment, in 18th-century Russia
- Scottish Enlightenment, in 18th-century Scotland
- Spanish Enlightenment, in 18th-century Spain, under the Bourbons
- Swedish Enlightenment, in 18th-century Sweden
- American Enlightenment, in the 18th century in the British North American colonies and the early United States
Nahda, cultural movement of Arab-populated regions of the Ottoman Empire during the 19th and early 20th centuries
China: May Fourth Movement, in the 1920s, and the New Enlightenment, in the 1980s

Enlightenment (philosophical concept), the concept of enlightenment in modern and contemporary Western philosophy
Enlightenment philosophy, the philosophy produced during the Enlightenment (late 17th and 18th centuries)

Enlightenment (window manager), an X Window System window manager
Enlighten (radiosity engine), code to do real-time calculation of indirect lighting ("radiosity") in video
Enlightenment Foundation Libraries, a set of graphics libraries

Enlighten Canberra, an annual arts and cultural festival in Canberra, Australia
"Enlightenment", the main artistic performance in the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony

Ionian Enlightenment, the origin of ancient Greek advances in philosophy and science
Dark Enlightenment, an anti-democratic and reactionary movement that broadly rejects egalitarianism and Whig historiography
Enlightenment Movement (Afghanistan), a Hazara grassroots civil disobedience group created in Afghanistan in 2016
Project Enlightenment, an educational program