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)

1. (neologism) The ideology of wokeness, related to left-wing beliefs.
2. (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

• wokedom
• wokeish
• wokeist
• wokeness
• woker

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