lived experience
noun/ˌlɪvd ɪkˈspɪəriəns/
/ˌlɪvd ɪkˈspɪriəns/
[uncountable, countable]- 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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