Meaning & use
woke
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Alert to and actively concerned about social injustice and discrimination, especially regarding race and gender.
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The company's ad campaign was criticized by some as performative rather than genuinely woke.
She became more woke to issues of inequality after taking a sociology course.
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Originated in African American English; now widely used, and sometimes used critically or sarcastically depending on the speaker's viewpoint.
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socially conscious
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