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dark woke

dark woke noun: a social media phenomenon and political strategy which combines progressive ideology with more aggressive and politically incorrect messaging.

Noun (1)

dark woke (uncountable)

  1. (US, neologism) A social media phenomenon and political strategy which combines progressive ideology with more aggressive and politically incorrect messaging.
    • Can dark woke get the Democrats a Senate seat back in Ohio? What about Montana? Will enough name-calling put the Democrats in the mix in Missouri? It’s unlikely.2025 May 1, Ross Barkan, “'Dark Woke' Is Cringey”, in Intelligencer, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 May 2025
    Synonyms:
    Woke 2.0

Noun (2) capitalized: Dark Woke

Dark Woke (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of dark woke

Synonyms of dark woke

  • Woke 2.0

Forms of dark woke

alternative formDark Woke

Questions about dark woke

What does dark woke mean?
Dark woke means a social media phenomenon and political strategy which combines progressive ideology with more aggressive and politically incorrect messaging.
What part of speech is dark woke?
Dark woke is a noun.

Words near dark woke in the dictionary

  1. dark up
  2. dark vowel
  3. dark vowels
  4. dark wave
  5. dark web
  6. dark woke
  7. dark world
  8. dark worlds
  9. dark-activity
  10. dark-adapted
  11. dark-blue snakeweed

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