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raise someone's consciousness

raise someone's consciousness verb: to increase a person's awareness of, and often sympathy for, an issue, cause, or condition.

Verb

raise someone's consciousness (third-person singular simple present raises someone's consciousness, present participle raising someone's consciousness, simple past and past participle raised someone's consciousness)

  1. To increase a person's awareness of, and often sympathy for, an issue, cause, or condition.
    • She said I had "offended" some of her "little sisters" that didn't understand this all + I said well that they can't be that little if they're in this bar + maybe it'll raise their consciousness a little so they do understand.1973 February 26, Lou Sullivan, Diary
    • 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.1982 February 1, Laurence I. Barrett, “The White House Sensitivity Gap”, in Time

Forms of raise someone's consciousness

third-person singular presentraises someone's consciousness
present participleraising someone's consciousness
past participleraised someone's consciousness
pastraised someone's consciousness

Questions about raise someone's consciousness

What does raise someone's consciousness mean?
Raise someone's consciousness means to increase a person's awareness of, and often sympathy for, an issue, cause, or condition.
What part of speech is raise someone's consciousness?
Raise someone's consciousness is a verb.
What is the past tense of raise someone's consciousness?
The past tense of raise someone's consciousness is raised someone's consciousness.

Words near raise someone's consciousness in the dictionary

  1. raise one's head
  2. raise one's voice
  3. raise oneself up by one's bootstraps
  4. raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  5. raise red flags
  6. raise someone's consciousness
  7. raise someone's hackles
  8. raise someone's shackles
  9. raise someone's shag
  10. raise someone's spirits
  11. raise steam

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