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.
immiserated â(comparative more immiserated, superlative most immiserated) Poor, impoverished; destitute. 2011, Will Self, The frowniest spot on Earth, London Review of Books, XXXIII.9: A rash of suicides among its workers is part of the reason for Foxconnâs relocation to the still poorer and more immiserated interior of the Heavenly Peopleâs Republic.