wokeism
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From woke (“left-wing on social justice issues”) + -ism (forms names of movements, doctrines, etc.).
Noun
[edit]wokeism (uncountable)
- (neologism, chiefly derogatory) The ideology of wokeness, of holding social-justice-oriented or left-wing views or attitudes, especially in a way that is deemed overzealous, performative, or insincere.
- 2021, 23 June, The Daily Telegraph (p. 19): David Goodhart, Has wokeism crushed the working class?
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:wokeism.