age of reason

1. 1.

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

   “the Enlightenment brought about many humanitarian reforms”

   SynonymsEnlightenment

   Broaderreform movementhistoric period

Questions about age of reason

What does age of reason mean?

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

What is another word for age of reason?

Close synonyms include Enlightenment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is age of reason a common word?

age of reason is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.