"wokeism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From woke (“left-wing on social justice issues”) + -ism (forms names of movements, doctrines, etc.). Etymology templates: {{suf|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 (uncountable)
  1. (neologism) The ideology of wokeness, related to left-wing beliefs. Tags: neologism, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wokeism-en-noun-rLs72O~N Categories (other): English neologisms
  2. (slang, derogatory, politics) The quality or state of holding left-wing views or attitudes, in a way that is deemed overzealous, performative, or insincere. Tags: derogatory, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Politics, Leftism, Social justice Translations (excessive political correctness): wokerezh (Breton), wokisme [neuter] (Dutch), wokisme [masculine] (French), Wokismus [masculine] (German), atjēdzība [feminine] (Latvian), lacração [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-wokeism-en-noun-HBUUSBMW Disambiguation of Leftism: 34 66 Disambiguation of Social justice: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 30 70 Topics: government, politics Disambiguation of 'excessive political correctness': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: woke-ism, wokism Related terms: wokedom, wokeish, wokeist, wokeness, woker

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