Wokelash

Quick meaning: Wokelash is a noun meaning A backlash against or mass rejection of wokeness, or of media, policies, etc. deemed woke or politically correct.

Meaning

A backlash against or mass rejection of wokeness, or of media, policies, etc. deemed woke or politically correct.

More Meanings

1. A backlash against media, speech, etc. deemed inconsistent with social justice principles, or viewed as perpetuating unwoke or reactionary ideas.

Example Sentences

His unguarded remarks about the state of comedy inspired a huge wokelash.

Some centrist Democrats today say “woke” politics have gone too far and provoked the “wokelash” (causing Democrats to lose elections in 2021).

There is a solid demographic of people who are fed up with what they see as increasingly rigid progressive ideals who feel clamped by the modern liberal consensus. […] Liberal ideals are being subjected to a wokelash, and telling people what they should and shouldn’t culturally consume is not going to help build any bridges between divided factions.

Fortunately, there’s early signs of a “wokelash” from institutions that won’t cower to this nonsense. When staff at publisher Hachette threatened to down tools because they regarded JK Rowling as a toxic transphobe for a tweet mocking “people” who menstruate instead of “women”, management pushed back saying they couldn’t refuse to work on a book because they disagree with the author’s views.

Word Forms

• wokelashes

Related Words

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

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