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Woke
Definitions
- 1 Awake: conscious and not asleep. not-comparable, usually
- 2 Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially of racial and other social justice issues. not-comparable, slang, usually
"Waking up is a damn sight harder than going to sleep, but we’ll stay woke up longer."
- 3 Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice. broadly, derogatory, not-comparable, often, slang, usually
"But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and “woke” dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female “Ghostbusters” and the tastemakers who pretended it was good — is likely here to stay."
- 4 Promoting cancel culture, identitarianism, pontification, victim mentality, or virtue signalling. broadly, derogatory, not-comparable, slang, usually
"The famous author of Harry Potter, J K Rowling, found herself at the centre of a woke storm after liking a tweet by Maya Forstater, who lost her job in 2019 after tweeting that “male people are not women”. The reaction was immediate, with some accusing Forstater of “killing trans people with her hate” for simply expressing an opinion."
- 1 A person with progressive views or attitudes. countable, derogatory, often, slang
"Not to beat a dead horse, but it would appear that the wokes are in an abusive relationship with the speech policemen, given that some of their favored terms are being abruptly disallowed (like trigger warning or “preferred” pronouns)."
- 2 A progressive ideology, in particular with regards to social justice. derogatory, slang, uncountable
"Tim Bale, a professor of politics at Queen Mary University in London, said the war on woke kicked off as a counter to the “silent revolution” of liberal and progressive attitudes during the economic boom of the decades up to 2008."
- 1 simple past of wake form-of, past
- 2 past participle of wake colloquial, dialectal, form-of, participle, past
"[…] have woke out of dreams, mayhap in which the beloved was smiling on you, whispering love-words-oh! how sweet and fondly remembered!"
Etymology
Shortened from woken or woken up, or derived from dialectal use of woke (past participle of wake). The sense of being aware of social injustice dates to at least the 1930s. The derogatory use has been most commonly used as of the 2020s.
Shortened from woken or woken up, or derived from dialectal use of woke (past participle of wake). The sense of being aware of social injustice dates to at least the 1930s. The derogatory use has been most commonly used as of the 2020s.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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