illuminismn.
/ɪˈl(j)uːmɪnɪz(ə)m/ The doctrine or principles of the illuminati n., or of any sect so called; gen. a theory, doctrine, or practice which involves belief in or claim to extraordinary spiritual or intellectual enlightenment, or an aim or purpose to bring about such enlightenment in society.
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Aufklärung1842
illumination1881
enlightenment1893
1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 27 509 The history of illuminism will form a most interesting chapter in modern ecclesiastical annals.
1811 P. B. Shelley Let. 2 Mar. (1964) I. 54 The very great influence, which some years since was gained by Illuminism.
1840 Fraser's Mag. 21 548 In Spain, Illuminism associated itself with freemasonry.
1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) II. viii. ix. 99 In that age of professed Illuminism, in the times of Voltaire and Diderot, when universal Aufklärung was to banish every mediæval phantasm.
1861 E. H. Browne in W. Thomson Aids to Faith vii. 295 The very principle of illuminism..was, that there is in man's inmost consciousness an intuitional knowledge of truth.
1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxix. 266 Conceited illuminism is as deep an offence against charity as saintly self-satisfaction.
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