illuminism

American  

[ih-loo-muh-niz-uhm] / ɪˈlu məˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. the doctrines or claims of Illuminati.

2. a doctrine of enlightenment.

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illuminism British  

/ ɪˈluːmɪˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. belief in and advocation of special enlightenment

2. the tenets and principles of the Illuminati or of any of several religious or political movements initiated by them

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Other Word Forms

• illuminist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of illuminism

First recorded in 1790–1800; illumin(ati) + -ism

Example Sentences

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illuminism

Vers-libre, which began with such initiators as that astonishing prodigy, Arthur Rimbaud, has run the gamut from esoteric illuminism to sonorous yawping from the terrace of the brasseries.

From Unicorns by James Huneker

We have not a doubt but they would regard with abhorrence any schemes of oligarchic illuminism for guarding the pleasures of the few by politic deception of the multitude.

From Lectures and Essays by Goldwin Smith

Gregory was relentless in the extermination of Waldenses, Beghards, and the remnants of the Cathari, but he saw nothing to object to in the mysticism and illuminism of his visitors.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea

The “Ninth Rock,” which was the supreme height of ascetic illuminism of the Beghards, reappears in the same sense in the most notable of Rulman Merswin’s works, attributed until recently to Henry Suso.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea

In sum illuminism and metaphysics,5112 speculative inventions of the brain or of a contagious overexcitement of the nervous system, all these illusions of gullible men, are basically unhealthy, and, in general, anti-social.

From The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by John Durand