wokest

Adjective

woke (not generally comparable, comparative more woke or woker, superlative most woke or wokest)

1. (not comparable, usually, African-American Vernacular or slang) Awake: conscious and not asleep.

   Synonyms:

   alert, awake, caffeinated, conscious, invigorated, invigorating, lively, wakeful, wakesome

2. (not comparable, slang, usually) Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially of racial and other social justice issues.
   • Waking up is a damn sight harder than going to sleep, but we’ll stay woke up longer.1942, J. Saunders Redding, “Negro Digest”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 1

   Synonyms:

   alert, aware, heedful, hip, observant, on guard, on the lookout, on the watch, on watch, vigilant

   Antonyms:

   unwoke

3. (broadly, derogatory, not comparable, often, slang, usually) Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.
   • But the cultural conflict between these two post-revolutionary styles — between frat guys and feminist bluestockings, Gamergaters and the diversity police, alt-right provocateurs and “woke” dudebros, the mouthbreathers who poured hate on the all-female “Ghostbusters” and the tastemakers who...2016 August 14, Ross Douthat, “A Playboy for President”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   politically correct, right-on

   Antonyms:

   politically incorrect, unwoke, philistine

4. (broadly, derogatory, not comparable, slang, usually) Promoting cancel culture, pontification, victim mentality, or virtue signalling.
   • The famous author of Harry Potter, J K Rowling, found herself at the centre of a woke storm after liking a tweet by Maya Forstater, who lost her job in 2019 after tweeting that “male people are not women”. The reaction was immediate, with some accusing Forstater of “killing trans people with her...2021 June 24, Johnny Luk, “Why ‘woke’ became toxic”, in Al Jazeera, Opinion

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