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    Woke
    /wōk/

    verb

    • 1. past of wake

    adjective

    • 1. alert to injustice and discrimination in society, especially racism: informal "we need to stay angry, and stay woke"
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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › wordplay › woke-meaning-originWhat Does 'Woke' Mean? | Merriam-Webster

    Woke is now defined in this dictionary as 'aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice),' and identified as U.S. slang. It originated in African American English and gained more widespread use beginning in 2014 as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › WokeWoke - Wikipedia

    Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination. [1] Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights.

  5. www.politifact.com › article › 2023PolitiFact | What does it mean to be ‘woke’?

    Mar 7, 2023 · Political definitions for "woke" are all over the place. In December 2022, Mother Jones magazine got DeSantis to define woke through a spokesperson. The answer: "‘Slang term for activism ...

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › wokeWOKE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    adjective. having or marked by an active awareness of systemic injustices and prejudices, especially those involving the treatment of ethnic, racial, or sexual minorities: He took one African American history class and now he thinks he’s woke. In light of incidents of police brutality, it’s important to stay woke.

  7. www.newyorker.com › podcast › political-sceneWhat Does “Woke” Mean, and How Did the Term Become So Powerful?

    Jan 30, 2023 · On The Political Scene podcast, David Remnick talks with a linguist of slang—Tony Thorne—to unpack the power of the word “woke.”.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishWOKE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    verb. uk / wəʊk / us / woʊk / woke verb (PAST TENSE) Add to word list. past simple of wake. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Animal physiology: not sleeping & not unconscious. anti-sleep. be in the land of the living idiom. come round. fully conscious. get up. insomnia. keep someone up. knock. land. night owl. sit (someone) up. toss.

  9. www.nytimes.com › 2023/03/24 › upshotWhat’s ‘Woke’ and Why It Matters - The New York Times

    Mar 24, 2023 · But while the definition of “woke” may be up for debate, there’s no doubt that the term is trying to describe something about the politics of today’s highly educated, young “new” left, especially...

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