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Definition of lived experience noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lived experience

noun
 
/ˌlɪvd ɪkˈspɪəriəns/
 
/ˌlɪvd ɪkˈspɪriəns/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. personal knowledge that you gain about the world and events from being directly involved in events, rather than from other people's descriptions of them
    • Grant draws on his own lived experience as a gay, Black father.
    • We are all shaped by our lived experiences.
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