Meaning of Woke | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person with progressive views or attitudes.
   countable, derogatory, often, slang
2. A progressive ideology, in particular with regards to social justice.
   derogatory, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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).”

“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.”

“The woke is the new religion of the left.”

“Millennials, such as Styles (and the other Harry, HRH, for that matter), were able to popularise and profit from woke.”

“For I’m afraid the demise of woke won’t be like the end of toothbrush moustaches, indie folk music or any other temporary behaviour supercharged by the whims of the young and the hip, then dropped without consequence.”

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