AGE OF REASON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Age of Reason mean? 

• AGE OF REASON (noun)
  The noun AGE OF REASON has 1 sense:

1. a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine

  Familiarity information: AGE OF REASON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGE OF REASON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Age of Reason; Enlightenment

Context example:

the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms

Hypernyms ("Age of Reason" is a kind of...):

reform movement (a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms)

Instance hypernyms:

age; historic period (an era of history having some distinctive feature)