Noun
lived experience (countable and uncountable, plural lived experiences)
(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.
Lived experience will bring a critical viewpoint to the activities of this task force. Source: Internet