woke
Awake: conscious and not asleepAwake: conscious and not asleep.
Meaning
4 senses(not comparable, usually)Awake: conscious and not asleep.
(not comparable, slang, usually)Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially of racial and other social justice issues.
aufmerksam, wachsam
(broadly, derogatory, not comparable, often, slang, usually)Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.
politisch korrekt
(broadly, derogatory, not comparable, slang, usually)Promoting cancel culture, pontification, victim mentality, or virtue signalling.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Shortened from woken or woken up, or derived from dialectal use of woke (past participle oShortened from woken or woken up, or derived from dialectal use of woke (past participle of wake). The sense of being aware of social injustice dates to at least the 1930s. The derogatory use has been most commonly used as of the 2020s.
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