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- DictionaryWoke/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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Political term
Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination. Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights. Woke has also been used as shorthand for some ideas of the American Left involving identity politics and ... Wikipedia
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