3 Enlightenment, science and empiricism. The Enlightenment's dedication to reason and knowledge did not come out of the blue. After all, scholars had for centuries been adding to humanity's stock of knowledge. The new emphasis, however, was on empirical knowledge: that is, knowledge or opinion grounded in experience.
Definition of immiseration. : the act of making miserable; especially : impoverishment the immiseration of the working class â C. R. Morris.
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs. Synonyms: captivity; immurement; incarceration; imprisonment. Context examples: he was held in captivity until he died / the imprisonment of captured soldiers / his ignominious incarceration in the local jail / he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon.