woke-ism
woke-ism is the alternative form of wokeism.
Meaning of wokeism
Noun
wokeism (countable and uncountable, plural wokeisms)
- The purported ideology of wokeness.
- 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.2019 July 30, Julian Vigo, “The Malaise Of Peak Wokeism Within Online Culture”, in Forbes
- A woke word or expression.
- 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."2024, Helen Pluckrose, The Counterweight Handbook
Questions about woke-ism
- What is woke-ism the alternative form of?
- Woke-ism is the alternative form of wokeism.
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