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==Origin==

==Origin==

Plural of [[Latin]] ''illūminātus'' , Italian -ato ‘[[enlightened]]’

Plural of [[Latin]] ''illūminātus'' , Italian -ato ‘[[enlightened]]’

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1599]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1599]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: With pl. concord. A [[name]] [[assumed]] by or applied to various [[societies]] or [[sects]] because of their claim to special [[enlightenment]] in religious, or (later) [[intellectual]], matters.

*1: With pl. concord. A [[name]] [[assumed]] by or applied to various [[societies]] or [[sects]] because of their claim to special [[enlightenment]] in religious, or (later) [[intellectual]], matters.

:a. Applied to a [[sect]] of Spanish [[heretics]] which existed in the 16th c. under the name ''Alumbrados'' or ‘[[enlightened]]’; subsequently, to a similar but obscure sect of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familists Familists] which arose in France in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_xiii Louis XIII]'s reign

:a. Applied to a [[sect]] of Spanish [[heretics]] which existed in the 16th c. under the name ''Alumbrados'' or ‘[[enlightened]]’; subsequently, to a similar but obscure sect of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familists Familists] which arose in France in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_xiii Louis XIII]'s reign

:b.  b. Used to render German ''Illuminaten'', the name of a celebrated [[secret society]], founded at Ingolstadt in Bavaria, in 1776, by Professor [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Wwishaupt Adam Weishaupt], holding [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism deistic] and republican principles, and having an [[organization]] akin to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry freemasonry]; hence applied to other thinkers regarded as [[atheistic]] or [[free]]-thinking, e.g. the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9distes French Encyclopædists].

:b.  b. Used to render German ''Illuminaten'', the name of a celebrated [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_society secret society], founded at Ingolstadt in Bavaria, in 1776, by Professor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Wwishaupt Adam Weishaupt], holding [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism deistic] and republican principles, and having an [[organization]] akin to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry freemasonry]; hence applied to other thinkers regarded as [[atheistic]] or [[free]]-thinking, e.g. the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9distes French Encyclopædists].

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==Description==

==Description==

The '''Illuminati''' (plural of Latin ''illuminatus'', "[[enlightened]]") is a name given to several groups, both real (historical) and fictitious. Historically the name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an [[the Enlightenment|Enlightenment]]-era [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_society secret society] founded on May 1, 1776. In more [[modern]] contexts the name refers to a purported [[conspiratorial]] [[organization]] which is alleged to mastermind [[events]] and [[control]] world affairs through [[governments]] and corporations to establish a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory) New World Order]. In this context the Illuminati are usually [[represented]] as a modern version or continuation of the Bavarian Illuminati.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati]

The '''Illuminati''' (plural of Latin ''illuminatus'', "[[enlightened]]") is a name given to several groups, both real (historical) and fictitious. Historically the name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an [[the Enlightenment|Enlightenment]]-era [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_society secret society] founded on May 1, 1776. In more [[modern]] contexts the name refers to a purported [[conspiratorial]] [[organization]] which is alleged to mastermind [[events]] and [[control]] world affairs through [[governments]] and corporations to establish a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory) New World Order]. In this context the Illuminati are usually [[represented]] as a modern version or continuation of the Bavarian Illuminati.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati]

[[Category: Sociology]]

[[Category: Sociology]]

[[Category: Philosophy]]

[[Category: Philosophy]]