"wokeish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more wokeish [comparative], most wokeish [superlative]
Etymology: From woke + -ish. Etymology templates: {{af|en|woke|-ish}} woke + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} wokeish (comparative more wokeish, superlative most wokeish)
  1. Characteristic of wokeism.
    Sense id: en-wokeish-en-adj-cDdFaqoC
  2. Somewhat woke. Categories (topical): Leftism
    Sense id: en-wokeish-en-adj-3r3N5Eaq Disambiguation of Leftism: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: woke-ish

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