Meanings
- The neo-reactionary movement.
1 more example
“If things get hot, it may be interesting to sic the Dark Enlightenment audience on a single vulnerable hostile reporter to dox them and turn them inside out with hostile reporting sent to *their* advertisers/friends/contacts,” Mr. Srinivasan said in an email viewed by The New York Times, using a term, “Dark Enlightenment,” that was synonymous with the neoreactionary movement.
2021 February 13, Cade Metz, quoting Balaji Srinivasan, “Silicon Valley’s Safe Space”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Origin
Coined by British philosopher Nick Land in an essay of the same name.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 黑暗啓蒙 /黑暗启蒙
- 黑暗啓蒙 /黑暗启蒙 (Hēiàn Qǐméng)the neo-reactionary movement
German dunkle Aufklärung
- dunkle Aufklärungthe neo-reactionary movement
Polish ciemne oświecenie
- ciemne oświeceniethe neo-reactionary movement
Spanish Ilustración Oscura
- Ilustración Oscurathe neo-reactionary movement
Cite this entry
Dark Enlightenment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dark%20Enlightenment
“Dark Enlightenment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dark%20Enlightenment. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dark Enlightenment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dark%20Enlightenment.
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