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woke

The peculiar state in which a person is able to grasp certain ideals, while not yet being able to live up to them.

The unconscious tension often leads to the characteristic nuisance of being judgmental towards other who apparently live up to these ideals even less.
Woke Person: "Dude, have you seen those fat SUVs? They really don't car about the environment."

Dude: "Ah comon bro, stop acting so woke."

Woke Person: "You're right. I should find dignity in my own path instead of judging others."
by alittlelessdaunted August 9, 2023
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woke

/wōk/ informal • US

(adj.) A state of awareness only
achieved by those dumb enough
to find injustice in everything
except their own behavior.
wokeness is divisive, exclusionary, and hateful.
by Klappi August 28, 2022
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Not Woke

A view of the world not based on one’s own truth (i.e. standpoint epistemology), but grounded in data, reason, and universal principles.
I’m Not Woke. I agree racism exists and has caused disparities, but evidence doesn’t support it as the source for all inequality of outcome.
by DrCigol June 4, 2021
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wokeness

A measurable state of awareness about what's happening in the world.
Tim has a wokeness level of 9 out of 10; he can always cite important events and their context in what is happening in the world.
by Jean Ember April 14, 2017
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Wokeness

The ability of someone to become outraged at imagined enemies and create ways to be the victim, even though you're insanely privileged. Created by right wing loons, insurrectionist sympathizers, conspiracy folk, and their ilk to create a boogie man.
Icky Vicky the school board lady invented an enemy in wokeness, but all she did was prove she and her minions are bigoted morons.
by Batrice BBB May 17, 2021
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woke

The act of being very pretentious about how much you care about a social issue
Yeah most people don't care about parking spaces for families with disabled pets. I wish they were woke like me.
by Vensamos June 6, 2018
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Wokeness

Sanctimonious elements of social reformism that seek to, or perpetuate the effects of, influencing society toward a state of perpetual offense to perceived threats or injustices (e.g., racism, sexism, sexuality bigotry) through the radicalization or subversion of universally-understood cultural or social norms.

Wokeness (as a term and mantra) originated within Negro communities as a reference to self-consciousness, spiritual acuity, keen awareness to the effects of paradigm shifts, and general preparedness and knowledgeability regarding unspoken, unseen influences and esoteric science concepts in addition to hidden history.

However, despite its non-socially-charged origins, the term itself, later reprised by Black social activists and appropriated by corporate America and entertainment media, gradually morphed alongside conflated social phenomena to involve extrinsic issues such as feminism, critical theory, homosexuality, climate activism (especially climate change alarmism), economic marginalization, intersectionality, and transgenderism.

Politically, wokeness underpins both progressive and liberal dogma and is - as defined by many of its critics - characterized by cult-like social adherence to Leftist social orthodoxy, which happens to be rooted in various Liberal socioeconomic models (i.e., "oppressor-oppressed"-type mores), albeit wokeness is not restricted by political inclination and is fundamentally ideological in nature.
Wokeness in sentences:

(Traditional, original usage): "The most powerful thing a brotha and sister can do is know thyself. Stay woke, y'all!"

(Modern usage): "Ever noticed how a lot of Hollywood series lately just feel empty or preachy? What's with all the sanctimonious virtue signaling and zero storytelling?" "To put it in a few words, they went woke. It's tearing not only entertainment, but western civilization apart and people hate or conflict with each other more than ever over issues we overcame and evolved past long ago that woke individuals and the corporations they influence obsess with."

"The closest proximation for wokeness as colloquy in the English language is problematization, a core function of wokeness."
by West Indian Child July 21, 2023
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