"wokeism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wokeisms [plural]
Etymology: From woke (“left-wing on social justice issues”) + -ism (forms names of movements, doctrines, etc.). Etymology templates: {{af|en|woke|-ism|pos2=forms names of movements, doctrines, etc.|t1=left-wing on social justice issues}} woke (“left-wing on social justice issues”) + -ism (forms names of movements, doctrines, etc.) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wokeism (countable and uncountable, plural wokeisms)
  1. (uncountable, chiefly derogatory) The purported ideology of "wokeness", of holding social-justice-oriented or left-wing views or attitudes, especially in a way that is deemed overzealous, performative, or insincere. Tags: derogatory, uncountable Categories (topical): Leftism, Social justice
    Sense id: en-wokeism-en-noun-PyBI-lnD Disambiguation of Leftism: 70 30 Disambiguation of Social justice: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 63 37
  2. (countable, derogatory) A word or expression that is woke. Tags: countable, derogatory Translations (excessive political correctness): wokerezh (Breton), wokisme [neuter] (Dutch), wokisme [masculine] (French), Wokismus [masculine] (German), ウォキズム (Japanese), atjēdzība [feminine] (Latvian), lacração [feminine] (Portuguese), וואָקיזם (vokizm) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-wokeism-en-noun-yweqK4DX Disambiguation of 'excessive political correctness': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: woke-ism, wokism Related terms: wokedom, wokeish, wokeist, wokeness, woker

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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