wokeism

English

Alternative forms

woke-ism, wokism

Etymology

From woke (“left-wing on social justice issues”) +‎ -ism (forms names of movements, doctrines, etc.).

Noun

wokeism (uncountable)

(neologism) The ideology of wokeness, related to left-wing beliefs.
(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (slang, derogatory, politics) The quality or state of holding left-wing views or attitudes, 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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:wokeism.

Related terms

Descendants

→ Dutch: wokisme
→ French: wokisme

Translations

excessive political correctness

Breton: wokerezh
Dutch: wokisme (nl) n
French: wokisme (fr) m
German: Wokismus (de) m
Latvian: atjēdzība f
Portuguese: lacração (pt) f

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