unwoke attitude

9.1

A way of thinking that shows little awareness of unfair treatment of people

noun

Slang

: actitud desinformada

The company’s outdated policies reflect an unwoke attitude toward diversity.

Examples

Many criticized the politician for expressing an unwoke attitude about equality issues.
His unwoke attitude led to heated debates during the meeting.
His unwoke attitude towards climate change is concerning.
Many people criticized her unwoke attitude during the debate.
Many criticized the politician for expressing an unwoke attitude about equality issues.
The company’s outdated policies reflect an unwoke attitude toward diversity.
His unwoke attitude led to heated debates during the meeting.

Antonyms

woke

Slang

6 7.5

Aware of social unfairness and problems like racism

How Aware

unwoke attitude

Slang

9.1

uninformed

39 3.7

unawareness

2 5.4

Surface Forms

unwoke attitude singular

unwoke attitudes plural

Morphology

unwoke + attitude

The phrase is compositionally formed from the negation prefix 'un-' + 'woke' and the noun 'attitude', so the basic sense ('not woke' — lacking awareness of social injustices) is derivable from the parts. However, 'woke' is recent, culturally loaded slang with pragmatic and political nuances that many B1 learners may not know, so full understanding often requires extra sociocultural knowledge.

Etymology

Unwoke attitude plays on the word woke, which once meant 'awake' to social unfairness, so unwoke gives the image of someone still asleep or wearing a blindfold at a protest. That's why it describes a view or person who shows little or no awareness of social unfairness.