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Definition of Illuminism
1. n. The principles of the Illuminati.
Definition of Illuminism
1. Noun. A belief system in which the adherents (the Illuminati) believe that they have received special enlightenment. ¹
2. Noun. The principles of the Illuminati. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Illuminism
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Medical Definition of Illuminism
1. A psychotic state of exaltation in which one has delusions and hallucinations of communion with supernatural or exalted beings. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illuminism
Literary usage of Illuminism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philosophy of History in France and Germany by Robert Flint (1874)
"... service.1 The spread of the so-called German illuminism, a continuation of
the French illuminism, gave rise to other views regarding the historical art. ..."
2. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1907)
"Be this as it may, the affair would indicate that illuminism was now regarded as
formal heresy, not as merely inferring suspicion, and that pertinacity ..."
3. World Revolution: The Plot Against Civilization by Nesta Helen Webster (1921)
"AFTER the fall of Napoleon the smouldering flames of illuminism broke out ...
Metternich also regarded these German societies as the outcome of illuminism. ..."
4. The Philosophy of History: In a Course of Lectures, Delivered at Vienna by Friedrich von Schlegel (1846)
"The political system of the Balance of Power, and the principle of false illuminism
prevalent in the eighteenth century. THE great benefits of the ..."
5. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet (1863)
"... by illuminism, the director still resorted to the old trickeries of witchcraft,
of apparitions, heavenly or infernal, and so forth. ..."
6. New England and the Bavarian Illuminati by Vernon Stauffer (1918)
"ATTEMPTS OF DEMOCRATS TO FIX THE COUNTERCHARGE OF illuminism UPON THE FEDERALISTS
By 1798 and 1799 the alignment of political parties in New England had ..."
7. The Philosophy of History: In a Course of Lectures by Friedrich von Schlegel (1841)
"The political system of the Balance of Power, and the principle of false illuminism
prevalent in the eighteenth century. THE great benefits of the religious ..."
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