Antonyms of noun enlightenment

1 of 3 senses of enlightenment

Sense 1
enlightenment -- (education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge)
       Antonym of unenlightenment (Sense 1)
      => unenlightenment -- (a lack of understanding)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun enlightenment

3 senses of enlightenment

Sense 1
enlightenment -- (education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge)
       => education -- (knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; "it was clear that he had a very broad education")

Sense 2
nirvana, enlightenment -- ((Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness)
       => blessedness, beatitude, beatification -- (a state of supreme happiness)

Sense 3
Enlightenment, Age of Reason -- (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")
       => reform movement -- (a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms)
       INSTANCE OF=> historic period, age -- (an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age")