wokeism

Sometimes wok·ism

[wohk-iz-uhm]

noun

1. Usually Disparaging.,  promotion of liberal progressive ideology and policy as an expression of sensitivity to systemic injustices and prejudices.

   She worked for nearly a decade at the university before she finally tired of the influence of wokeism.

   “The only religion allowed around here is wokeism,” he complained.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wokeism¹

First recorded in 2021; woke ( def. ) + -ism ( def. )

Example Sentences

Two days before his death, Kirk retweeted a video of himself saying a “spiritual battle is coming for the West,” with “wokeism or marxism combining with Islamism” to go after “the American way of life, which is, by the way, Christendom.”

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"I wanted to be a history teacher. I loved history and I loved teaching but the problem was the curriculum, especially history. Universities and colleges are a conveyor belt for socialist wokeism."

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That, as the title of a 2022 book by Anne Toulouse has it, “France will be contaminated” by “wokeism.”

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Two years ago, he shared a post from British Indian writer Gurwinder Bhogal challenging the idea that asking “Where are you from?” is impolite: “If wokeism teaches minorities to be traumatized even by friendly gestures, it cannot claim to bridge divides.”

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“He was pro-equality of opportunity, but … he opposed wokeism because he didn’t believe it was an effective way to help minorities.”

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