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woke

woke

7.5
Aware of social unfairness and problems like racism
  • adjective
  • /woʊk/
  • Slang
translation icon : concienciado
  • The artist used her platform to promote woke ideals during her performance.

These are actually the guy who was the Super woke DEI instructor.

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Examples

  • This past month we have seen the rise of the woke corporation.

  • Many young people today are very woke about social issues and strive for equality.

  • You guys have been super woke for how young you are.

  • If so, are you woke enough or are you too woke?

  • I'm not viewing the woke as the enemy.

  • Increasingly, companies are adopting woke practices to show their support for social justice.

Antonyms

367 3.7

Not knowing about something or how it works

175 2.9

Not knowing that something is happening or true

Compounds

woke mind virus
  • Offensive
9.9

An insulting phrase for strong social justice ideas seen as spreading online and changing people's views

woke mob
  • Offensive
9.6

A group of people who quickly and strongly criticise others online for social or political views

woke Olympics
  • Offensive
9.9

An event where people focus on social justice causes more than art or sport

woke supremacist
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who insists their social justice views are the only right ones

How Socially Aware

woke
  • Slang
7.5
aware
2.7
unaware
175 2.9

Surface Forms

woke positive

Etymology

Woke in the modern social sense grew in African American English from the phrase 'stay woke', which meant 'be aware' of danger and unfair treatment; like 'wake up' to problems, woke now means being aware of social injustice.