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Meaning of raise someone's consciousness | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To increase a person's awareness of, and often sympathy for, an issue, cause, or condition.

Equivalents

Deutsch Achtsamkeit erhöhen Aufmerksamkeit lenken auf Aufmerksamkeit richten auf

Examples

“But part of Reagan's self-imposed mandate is to show that his conservatism has a broad reach. That would be easier for Reagan to do if he were accustomed to working closely with blacks, women and others who might raise his consciousness on sensitive issues.”

“But assorted pressures, some self-imposed and others societal, raised her consciousness about counting calories.”

“Raised in an Old Left family, I was taught about male chauvinism and thought I knew something about it, but at the beginning of feminism's "Second Wave" in the 1970's, I concluded that I needed to raise my consciousness.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

raise someone's hackles raise someone's shackles raise someone's shag raise someone's spirits raise steam raise the alarm