Britannica.com reminds us that enlightenment was "a European intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries in which ideas concerning God, reason, nature, and man were synthesized into a worldview that gained wide assent and that instigated revolutionary developments in art, philosophy, and politics. Learn more at Britannica.com.
Opposition to that movement came from Christian Church mainly, for political reasons.
oppose - mean support - needed it
He advised people in Moscow to oppose the coup.
Each opposes the tax that would have the greatest effect on them.
Each opposes the tax that would have the greatest effect on them.
it made it dangerous to oppose the draft.
Usually those are the cultures that oppose freedom.
The term is "abolitionist".
to fight
To attain enlightenment is the purpose of human life. Many people have gained enlightenment. Enlightenment means different things to different people.
Enlightenment thinkers
enlightenment of the people
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