conscientizationn.
/ˌkɒnʃntʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌkɑnʃ(ə)nˌtaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Originally in Latin America: the action or process of making others aware of political and social conditions, esp. as a precursor to challenging inequalities of treatment or opportunity; the fact of being aware of these conditions. Cf. consciousness-raising n. at consciousness n. Compounds.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > [noun] > activity of increasing political awareness
conscientization1964
consciousness-raising1968
1964 M. Bandeira in J. J. Considine Church in New Lat. Amer. vii. 77 One must speak of the inculcation of conscientious responsibility... To assume responsibility firmly is a clear sign of ‘conscientization’.
1969 P. Land in In Search Theol. of Devel. (Sodepax) 183 National campaigns against illiteracy and education towards humanization, towards conscientization, were called for.
1983 S. C. Dube Devel. Perspectives for 1980s v. 99 The full power of the mass media in respect of education and conscientization still remains untapped.
1993 Compass (Toronto, Ont.) May–June 36/2 It is logical that this way of reading the Bible would lead us to a conscientization: that God does not want us to experience all the awful things that we were suffering.
2009 Guardian 28 July 29/4 Ideologies then coming into vogue, including the gospel of ‘fair trade’ and, at the more radical end of the spectrum, Paulo Freire's ‘conscientisation’ and Julius Nyerere's African socialism.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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