Antonyms for illuminati

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-loo-muh-nah-tee, -ney-tahy

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˌlu məˈnɑ ti, -ˈneɪ taɪ

Definition of illuminati

Origin : 1590s, plural of Latin illuminatus "enlightened" (in figurative sense), past participle of illuminare (see illumination). Originally applied to a 16c. Spanish sect (the Alumbrados), then to other sects; since 1797 used as a translation of German Illuminaten, name of a secret society founded 1776 in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and holding deistic and republican principles; hence used generally of free-thinkers and sarcastically of those professing intellectual enlightenment (1816). Related: Illuminatism; illuminatist.

As in highbrow : noun intellectual, very smart person

Example sentences :

The Illuminati, brothers and friends of Montgelas, have not been idle in that country.
Extract from : « Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Complete » by Lewis Goldsmith

Their pretension to all knowledge, acquired for them the title of Illuminati.
Extract from : « Mysticism and its Results » by John Delafield

Of the other sects the most noteworthy was that of the Iluminados (Illuminati).
Extract from : « A History of Spain » by Charles E. Chapman

Curses and persecution for the devil's offspring, the Illuminati, we swear!
Extract from : « Old Fritz and the New Era » by Louise Muhlbach

I belong to the Illuminati, and mingle with the freethinkers.
Extract from : « Old Fritz and the New Era » by Louise Muhlbach

Feder, a preacher at the Court who had joined the Illuminati.
Extract from : « Secret Societies And Subversive Movements » by Nesta H. Webster

But the Jewish connexions of certain other Illuminati cannot be disputed.
Extract from : « Secret Societies And Subversive Movements » by Nesta H. Webster

Also, we have nothing to do with Illuminati, or with Germany.
Extract from : « Secret Societies And Subversive Movements » by Nesta H. Webster

But outside of the vulgar crowd were the initiated, the illuminati, the technically trained adepts who managed the whole business.
Extract from : « The Doomsman » by Van Tassel Sutphen

The Rosicrucians will bring gloom and darkness over Prussia, but we, the Illuminati, will dissipate this darkness.
Extract from : « Goethe and Schiller » by L. Mhlbach

Synonyms for illuminati

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