social consciousness
noun
: awareness of important social issues
She developed a strong social consciousness in college.
Examples of social consciousness in a Sentence
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Athletes are breeding a lot of anxiety and social consciousness around comparison, but also from people going at them online — the trolls and the gamblers.
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Jayson Jenks,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
Arie has a reputation of advocating for self-empowerment and social consciousness in her music, as well as being outspoken on race and cultural identity issues.
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Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
This social consciousness extends to the local community, where excess inventory is donated to city shelters.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 June 2026
His videos focused on identity and appeared to be driven by social consciousness.
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Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and social consciousness that’s impossible not to admire for its wacky, bold vision, with teleporting, high fashion snobbery and pyramid schemes.
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ABC News,
20 May 2026
In this way the commemoration of the Ten Plagues of Egypt is expanded and extrapolated to resonate with contemporary experience, social consciousness, and global afflictions.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
The Sernas were a family that worked in agriculture, about the time Chavez was beginning efforts to unionize farmworkers and a broader social consciousness movement was underway for Latinos.
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Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
23 Feb. 2026
But his social consciousness shone through even in films where politics aren’t explicitly foregrounded.
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Vikram Murthi,
The Atlantic,
22 Feb. 2026
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Jayson Jenks,
New York Times,
1 July 2026
Arie has a reputation of advocating for self-empowerment and social consciousness in her music, as well as being outspoken on race and cultural identity issues.
—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
This social consciousness extends to the local community, where excess inventory is donated to city shelters.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 June 2026
His videos focused on identity and appeared to be driven by social consciousness.
—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and social consciousness that’s impossible not to admire for its wacky, bold vision, with teleporting, high fashion snobbery and pyramid schemes.
—
ABC News,
20 May 2026
In this way the commemoration of the Ten Plagues of Egypt is expanded and extrapolated to resonate with contemporary experience, social consciousness, and global afflictions.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
The Sernas were a family that worked in agriculture, about the time Chavez was beginning efforts to unionize farmworkers and a broader social consciousness movement was underway for Latinos.
—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
23 Feb. 2026
But his social consciousness shone through even in films where politics aren’t explicitly foregrounded.
—
Vikram Murthi,
The Atlantic,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Social consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20consciousness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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