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dysconsciousness

noun

Etymology

From dys- + consciousness or dysconscious + -ness. Coined by academic Joyce Elaine King in 1991 (see quotation).

  1. borrowed from cōnscius
  2. suffixed as consciousness — “conscious + ness”
  3. prefixed as dysconsciousness — “dys- + consciousness”

Definitions

  1. A state of impaired or distorted consciousness or awareness, especially in regards to…

    A state of impaired or distorted consciousness or awareness, especially in regards to social issues.

    • I have shared liberatory practices that have helped to move students preparing for leadership positions in education towards disrupting their own dysconsciousness about issues of race.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dysconsciousness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA