Unit 5 Vocabulary

A philosophical movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas and put an emphasis on individualism, freedom and self determination.

A feeling of intense loyalty to others who share one's language and culture.

The belief that knowledge comes from sensed experience and experiments.

The agreement that individuals give up some rights to a strong central government in return for law and order.

A group of thinkers and writers who explored social, political, and economic theories in new ways.

The governmental approach to reduce their interventions in economic decisions.

An economic system where means of production (factories and natural resourcs) are privately owned.

The belief that a divinity simply set natural laws in motion.

A philosophy introduced by socialists that hoped to create humane alternatives to industrial capitalism.

A gradual socialist group that favored reforming society by parliamentary means.