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double-consciousness

double-consciousness is the alternative form of double consciousness.

Meaning of double consciousness

Noun

double consciousness (uncountable)

  1. The awareness of a subordinated or colonized individual of having two selves, their inward self and the self, created by how the oppressor group sees them.
    • Double-consciousness is the African American’s awareness of possessing two souls: an outward self based largely on how whites perceive him and an inward self that he comes to realize as his truer self.2008, Danny Sexton, “Lifting the Veil: Revision and Double-Consciousness in Rita Dove’s The Darker Face of the Earth”, in Callaloo, page 778

Questions about double-consciousness

What is double-consciousness the alternative form of?
Double-consciousness is the alternative form of double consciousness.

Words near double-consciousness in the dictionary

  1. double-coded
  2. double-codes
  3. double-coding
  4. double-conical drum
  5. double-conical drums
  6. double-consciousness
  7. double-convex
  8. double-count
  9. double-counts
  10. double-course
  11. double-crested cormorant

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