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dysconscious

dysconscious adjective: relating to or involving dysconsciousness ("a state of impaired or distorted consciousness or awareness, especially in regards to social issues").

Adjective

dysconscious (comparative more dysconscious, superlative most dysconscious)

  1. Relating to or involving dysconsciousness ("a state of impaired or distorted consciousness or awareness, especially in regards to social issues").
    • The findings presented herein will show what these beliefs and responses have to do with what I call "dysconscious racism" to denote the limited and distorted understandings my students have about inequity and cultural diversity—understandings that make it difficult for them them to act in favor of...1991 Spring, Joyce E[laine] King, “Dysconscious Racism: Ideology, Identity, and the Miseducation of Teachers”, in Journal of Negro Education, volume 60, number 2, Washington, D.C.: Howard University...
    • Directly impacting Deaf consciousness, dysconscious audism is a form of audism by means of an implicit acceptance of the dominant hearing norms and privileges. Dysconscious audism hampers to varying degrees the Deaf individual's consciousness of Deaf identity. The effect of dysconscious audism on...2003, Eugenie Nicole Gertz, Dysconscious audism and critical deaf studies: Deaf Crit's analysis of unconscious internalization of hegemony within the deaf community (thesis), Los Angeles, C.A....

Examples of dysconscious in a sentence

  • Directly impacting Deaf consciousness, dysconscious audism is a form of audism by means of an implicit acceptance of the dominant hearing norms and privileges.2003, Eugenie Nicole Gertz, Dysconscious audism and critical deaf studies: Deaf Crit's analysis of unconscious internalization of hegemony...
  • This alteration of consciousness, usually termed loss of awareness or a dysconscious state, is different from unconsciousness.2011, Ivan Osorio, Hitten P. Zaveri, Mark G. Frei, Susan Arthurs, editors, Epilepsy: The Intersection of Neurosciences, Biology...

Forms of dysconscious

comparativemore dysconscious
superlativemost dysconscious

Origin of dysconscious

From dys- + conscious. Coined by academic Joyce Elaine King in 1991 (see quotation).

Questions about dysconscious

What does dysconscious mean?
Dysconscious means relating to or involving dysconsciousness ("a state of impaired or distorted consciousness or awareness, especially in regards to social issues").
How do you use dysconscious in a sentence?
Directly impacting Deaf consciousness, dysconscious audism is a form of audism by means of an implicit acceptance of the dominant hearing norms and privileges.
What part of speech is dysconscious?
Dysconscious is an adjective.

Words near dysconscious in the dictionary

  1. dyscompetent
  2. dysconjugate
  3. dysconnection
  4. dysconnections
  5. dysconnectivity
  6. dysconscious
  7. dysconsciousness
  8. dyscontrol
  9. dyscoordinate
  10. dyscoordinated
  11. dyscoordination

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