awokenings

Noun

awokening (plural awokenings)

1. (derogatory, usually) A progressive or leftist political or social movement or attitude, especially toward social justice issues, or the effects of such a movement.
   • It could be argued that the rise of the socially conscious model reflects a very 2017 archetype: the “woke” young woman, who looks set to define femininity this decade in the same way that the lager-swilling ladette did in the 90s. It is also symptomatic of a broader cultural “awokening” that has...2017 May 15, Hannah Marriott, “Woke models: how activism became fashion's latest must-have”, in The Guardian, London, page 9
2. (capitalized, often) Media or political discourse displaying or commenting on woke stances toward social justice.
   • Ta-Nehisi Coates’s 2014 article making the case for reparations was obviously enormously influential on the specifics of that question, but also more broadly in the larger Awokening — such that references to redlining and other discriminatory aspects of the post-World War II real estate market are...2019 April 1, Matthew Yglesias, “The Great Awokening”, in Vox