''Estrangeirados'' () were, in the

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, Portuguese intellectuals who, in the late 17th century and particularly in the 18th century, strove to introduce the ideas of the

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and the Enlightenment, as well as other foreign ideas to Portugal.

Etymology

''Estrangeirado'' (meaning "admirer, cultivator of what is foreign") comes from the Portuguese ''estrangeiro'', meaning foreign. This is because the ideas these people tried to inculcate in Portuguese society were, for the most part, foreign in origin.

Estrangeirados

Luís da Cunha D. Luís da Cunha (; 25 January 1662 in Lisbon – 9 October 1749 in Paris) was a Portuguese diplomat who served under D. João V of Portugal as part of His Most Faithful Majesty's Council. He was also Judge of the Royal Household, Envoy E ...

Luís António Verney Luís António Verney (23 July 1713 – 23 March 1792) was a Portuguese philosopher, theologian, and pedagogue. An '' estrangeirado'', Verney is sometimes called the most important figure of the Portuguese Enlightenment. Most notably, Verney advo ...

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Jacob de Castro Sarmento Jacob Henriques de Castro Sarmento (6 May 1690 in Bragança, Portugal – 14 September 1762 in London) was a Portuguese '' estrangeirado'', physician, naturalist, poet and Deist. Life At the age of seventeen he entered the University of É ...

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