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woke-ism

woke-ism is the alternative form of wokeism.

Meaning of wokeism

Noun

wokeism (countable and uncountable, plural wokeisms)

  1. (derogatory, uncountable) 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
  2. (countable, derogatory) 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.

Words near woke-ism in the dictionary

  1. woke up and smelt the roses
  2. woke up dead
  3. woke up on the wrong side of bed
  4. woke up one day
  5. woke-free
  6. woke-ism
  7. woke-washing
  8. woked
  9. wokedom
  10. wokefest
  11. wokefests

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