Wokeism

Quick meaning: Wokeism is a noun meaning (uncountable, chiefly derogatory) The purported ideology of wokeness.

Meaning

(uncountable, chiefly derogatory) The purported ideology of wokeness.

More Meanings

1. (countable, derogatory) A woke word or expression.

Example Sentences

Many of them are leaving us — the words. Gone into hiding […] Now they lurk, uncaged, behind other words, behind trending, brittle, bloodless little wokeisms […]

For my part, I have no problem with sports woke-ism. I never thought taking a knee was the most provocative social-justice statement. But I’m also a die-hard football fan who will sit through almost anything to watch Patrick Mahomes perform his magic.

Ansari demonstrates how wokeism is both self-serving and self-perpetuating by simply acting as a vehicle for the privileged to “outwoke” each other while really doing nothing at all to change the reality which creates various forms of social inequality.

Whereas companies once used the term "civil rights movement" when discussing issues of social justice, their language shifted in 2015 and became dominated by "wokeisms" such as "allyship" "diversity equity," "equity and inclusion," and "racial justice."

Word Forms

• wokeisms
• woke-ism
• wokism

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include woke-ism, wokism, wokery, awokening, woke, wokelash.

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