"wokewashing" meaning in All languages combined

See wokewashing on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From woke + -wash + -ing. Compare greenwashing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|woke|wash|ing}} woke + -wash + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wokewashing (uncountable)
  1. (derogatory) The use of social justice in marketing campaigns. Tags: derogatory, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wokewashing-en-noun-5v~-9uie Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: woke-washing

Verb [English]

Etymology: From woke + -wash + -ing. Compare greenwashing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|woke|wash|ing}} woke + -wash + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wokewashing
  1. present participle and gerund of wokewash Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: wokewash
    Sense id: en-wokewashing-en-verb-4p5SVgu7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, English terms suffixed with -wash, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -wash: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: woke-washing

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "woke",
        "3": "wash",
        "4": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "woke + -wash + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From woke + -wash + -ing. Compare greenwashing.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "wokewashing (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 August 10, Arwa Mahdawi, “Woke-washing brands cash in on social justice. It’s lazy and hypocritical”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Which means modern brands have started using progressive values as a marketing ploy and are appropriating social activism as a form of advertising. It’s like the “greenwashing” of yore, but on a whole other level. We have, I’m afraid, entered a nauseating new age of woke-washing.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The use of social justice in marketing campaigns."
      ],
      "id": "en-wokewashing-en-noun-5v~-9uie",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "social justice",
          "social justice"
        ],
        [
          "marketing",
          "marketing"
        ],
        [
          "campaign",
          "campaign"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) The use of social justice in marketing campaigns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "woke-washing"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wokewashing"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "woke",
        "3": "wash",
        "4": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "woke + -wash + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From woke + -wash + -ing. Compare greenwashing.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "wokewashing",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 57",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -wash",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "wokewash"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of wokewash"
      ],
      "id": "en-wokewashing-en-verb-4p5SVgu7",
      "links": [
        [
          "wokewash",
          "wokewash#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "woke-washing"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wokewashing"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ing",
    "English terms suffixed with -wash",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "woke",
        "3": "wash",
        "4": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "woke + -wash + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From woke + -wash + -ing. Compare greenwashing.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "wokewashing (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 August 10, Arwa Mahdawi, “Woke-washing brands cash in on social justice. It’s lazy and hypocritical”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "Which means modern brands have started using progressive values as a marketing ploy and are appropriating social activism as a form of advertising. It’s like the “greenwashing” of yore, but on a whole other level. We have, I’m afraid, entered a nauseating new age of woke-washing.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The use of social justice in marketing campaigns."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "social justice",
          "social justice"
        ],
        [
          "marketing",
          "marketing"
        ],
        [
          "campaign",
          "campaign"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory) The use of social justice in marketing campaigns."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "woke-washing"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wokewashing"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -ing",
    "English terms suffixed with -wash",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "woke",
        "3": "wash",
        "4": "ing"
      },
      "expansion": "woke + -wash + -ing",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From woke + -wash + -ing. Compare greenwashing.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "wokewashing",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "wokewash"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "present participle and gerund of wokewash"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wokewash",
          "wokewash#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "woke-washing"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wokewashing"
}

Download raw JSONL data for wokewashing meaning in All languages combined (2.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (9a96ef4 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.