wokeism
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wokeism
- /ˈwəʊkɪzəm/ UK
- /ˈwoʊkɪzəm/ Canada, US
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From woke + -ism.
noun wokeisms · woke-ism · wokism
- The purported ideology of wokeness. Ansari demonstrates how wokeism is both self-serving and self-perpetuating by simply acting as a vehicle for the privileged to “outwoke” each other while really doing nothing at all to change the reality which creates various forms of social inequality.
- A woke word or expression. Whereas companies once used the term "civil rights movement" when discussing issues of social justice, their language shifted in 2015 and became dominated by "wokeisms" such as "allyship" "diversity equity," "equity and inclusion," and "racial justice."
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Talk about this word "wokeism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/wokeism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. wokeism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/wokeism "wokeism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/wokeism.
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@misc{wokeism_2026,
title = {wokeism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wokeism},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}