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.
imago iÂ·maÂ·go (Ä­-mÄ'gÅ, Ä­-mÃ¤'-) n. pl. iÂ·maÂ·goes or iÂ·maÂ·giÂ·nes (-gÉ-nÄz') An insect in its sexually mature adult stage after metamorphosis. An often idealized image of a person, usually a parent, formed in childhood and persisting unconsciously into adulthood. See archetype.