lived experience

English

Noun

lived experience (countable and uncountable, plural lived experiences)

  1. (phenomenology) The experiences and choices of a given person, and the knowledge that they gain as a result.
    In the philosophy of Wilhelm Dilthey, the human sciences are based on lived experience, which makes them fundamentally different from the natural sciences, which are considered to be based on scientific experiences.

Usage notes

  • Frequency greatly increased circa 2020.[1]

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  1. ^ Liberman, Mark (10 August 2025), “Lived Experience”, in Language Log‎[1], retrieved 28 August 2025
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