wokes

Noun

woke (countable and uncountable, plural wokes)

1. (countable, derogatory, often, slang) A person with progressive views or attitudes.
   • Not to beat a dead horse, but it would appear that the wokes are in an abusive relationship with the speech policemen, given that some of their favored terms are being abruptly disallowed (like trigger warning or “preferred” pronouns).2022 December 21, Judson Berger, “You Can’t Say That at Stanford”, in National Review
2. (derogatory, slang, uncountable) A progressive ideology, in particular with regards to social justice.
   • Tim Bale, a professor of politics at Queen Mary University in London, said the war on woke kicked off as a counter to the “silent revolution” of liberal and progressive attitudes during the economic boom of the decades up to 2008.2021 January 8, Emilio Casalicchio, “Britain’s culture war extends beyond Brexit”, in Politico

   Synonyms:

   successor ideology

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