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

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 Huneker, James

From the abstract, metaphysical systems of those, the ecstasy and illuminism of these, we may mount up to the actual words of Plato in the Symposium, the fifth book of The Republic, the Phaedrus.

From Plato and Platonism by Pater, Walter

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 Smith, Goldwin

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 Lea, Henry Charles

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 Durand, John