consciousness-raising
Psychology. a group-therapy technique in which the aim is to enhance the participants' awareness of their particular needs and goals as individuals or as a group.
any method for increasing interpersonal awareness or sensitivity by teaching people to experience a situation or point of view radically different from their own: The women's group has tried to change macho attitudes through consciousness-raising.
an act or instance of increasing the awareness of one's own or another's needs, behavior, attitudes, or problems.
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How to use consciousness-raising in a sentence
Obviously most normal people would rather attend a naked consciousness-raising workshop.
Povich: Katharine Graham went through her own form of consciousness-raising during this period.
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British Dictionary definitions for consciousness raising
the process of developing awareness in a person or group of a situation regarded as wrong or unjust, with the aim of producing active participation in changing it
(as modifier): a consciousness-raising group
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