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woke right

woke right noun: people who hold right-wing or conservative beliefs while promoting identitarianism and victim mentality.

Noun

woke right (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) People who hold right-wing or conservative beliefs while promoting identitarianism and victim mentality.
    • But really I would say the only logical way of talking about a woke right is precisely a right that buys into these left-wing myths.2024 December 20, Daniel McCarthy & Tom Sarrouf, Jr., “What Is the Woke Right?”, in Modern Age
    • The thing is, the Woke Right isn’t really conservative at all. Many of its proponents openly reject conservatism as weak and as a loser.2025 July 3, Grokkus Babeuf and James Lindsay, “A Beginner’s Guide to the Woke Right”, in New Discourses

Origin of woke right

Popularized by James Lindsay and Konstantin Kisin. Named due to the use of identity politics or victimisation being compared to left-wing activists (woke).

Questions about woke right

What does woke right mean?
Woke right means people who hold right-wing or conservative beliefs while promoting identitarianism and victim mentality.
What part of speech is woke right?
Woke right is a noun.

Words near woke right in the dictionary

  1. woke and baked
  2. woke mind virus
  3. woke mind viruses
  4. woke mob
  5. woke Olympics
  6. woke right
  7. woke supremacist
  8. woke supremacists
  9. woke supremacy
  10. woke up
  11. woke up and smelled the ashes

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