woke

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable, usually) Awake: conscious and not asleep.
2. (not-comparable, slang, usually) Alert, aware of what is going on, or well-informed, especially of racial and other social justice issues.
3. (broadly, derogatory, not-comparable, often, slang, usually) Holding progressive views or attitudes, principally with regard to social justice.
4. (broadly, derogatory, not-comparable, slang, usually) Promoting cancel culture, identitarianism, pontification, victim mentality, or virtue signalling.

Noun

1. (countable, derogatory, often, slang) A person with progressive views or attitudes.
2. (derogatory, slang, uncountable) A progressive ideology, in particular with regards to social justice.

Verb

1. (form-of, past) simple past of wake
2. (colloquial, dialectal, form-of, participle, past) past participle of wake

wake

• Verb
• Noun
• Noun

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Opposite of

unwoke, politically incorrect, philistine

Translations

see wake

erwachte

wachte

réveillèrent

ontwaakte

ontwaakten

wekte

إستيقظ

wekten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wəʊk/

Etymology

Shortened 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.

Sentences

It was early morning when she woke up .