2007-09-21 05:22:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not sure, but the opposite of the Illuminati is the Diminati.
2007-09-21 05:29:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, Fuzzy. You're applying too simplistic of an approach. Let me help.
First, break the word into its components: Enli, -gh-, ten and ment.
Now, Enli is actually short for Zhang Enli who is a Shanghai-based painter. Shanghai is located at 31° 12' N, 121° 26' E. On the opposite side of the globe, at 31° 12' S, 121° 26' W, is the middle of the Pacific Ocean. This is BFE.
-gh- is simply an intermediary between the first part of the word and the second.
"Ten" is not what it appears - the number. Instead it is the name of the Japanese detective in the Nick Carter comic series. The arch-nemesis in the series, of course, is Stanislao Moulinsky (shortened to stamoul).
Ment is actually more mundane - a bastardization of the word "mint". The opposite of this is, of course, "garlic breath" or gab.
So, the opposite of Enlightenment is found to be (*roll the drums*): b(o)festamoulgab.
So, whereas Enlightenment means "pertaining to Chinese breath-freshening detectives who paint" bofestamoulgab refers instead to "those who, evil, masked and with smelly breath, drown in the ocean of loneliness away from the coast of hope."
I hope this helps, and that you feel enlightened and not bofestamouled.
2007-09-21 12:50:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The movement that arose in opposition to the Enlightenment was Romanticism.
2007-09-21 12:36:30 · answer #3 · answered by Hoosier Daddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds good to me. It may be like the Dark Thing in A Wrinkle in Time.
2007-09-21 15:23:32 · answer #4 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The opposite of enlightenment is called religion
2007-09-21 12:31:17 · answer #5 · answered by NO Labels 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Probably, I'll go check......just wait till I get my thesaurus.......................huh...says here its 'ignorance'. Is that right? sounds like it really should be endarkenment. Must be a misprint.
2007-09-21 12:35:22 · answer #6 · answered by Skippy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like something Bush would say if he wanted to embolden the evildoers.
2007-09-21 12:36:57 · answer #7 · answered by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Spouse say no - it's called Microsoft Windows - LOL!
2007-09-21 13:50:19 · answer #8 · answered by Cheese Fairy - Mummified 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's called purgatory..LOL semi light semi dark
Oh, I am feeling bad today....I think this will be a bad TTC day.
2007-09-21 13:10:14 · answer #9 · answered by . 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now I FINALLY get Diminati's user ID...
*Oops - blonde moment.
2007-09-21 12:30:50 · answer #10 · answered by Christy ☪☮e✡is✝ 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋