: the state or condition of being woke (as in matters of racial and social justice)
I read articles and engage in discussions about privilege and wokeness. I try to address my own problematic thoughts and behaviour.—
Louise Ferreira
Louise Ferreira(disapproving) As wokeness pervades our society, expect to see a lot more limits placed on our daily word choices.—Ingrid Jacques
Ingrid JacquesExamples of wokeness in a Sentence
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As Marcos, Nico Greetham is also saddled with an overload of wokeness.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
There are almost certainly some young men and women who’ve opted out of serving because of wokeness, but the data available suggest there are simpler corrections that can happen under any administration.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024
The dirty little secret undergirding wokeness is that its practitioners have nothing but indignation in their corner.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 9 Jan. 2024
Opponents have dismissed it as a screed, but much of it is a recitation of unexceptionable (and often boilerplate) arguments against wokeness.
—Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2024
The biggest story about higher education over the last decade has been increased politicization, not wokeness.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
The New Right coalesced as part of a backlash against the woke excesses of the recent past—but railing against wokeness is always faintly embarrassing.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Of course, there’s no way to declare that the Doctor shouldn’t be Black that isn’t out-and-out racist, and so many of these comments are couched in attacks on the producers for wokeness or virtue signaling.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
Affordability is a big reason, ‘wokeness’ probably not In his feud with California, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claims the Golden State is losing residents because of its leftist ways.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
There are almost certainly some young men and women who’ve opted out of serving because of wokeness, but the data available suggest there are simpler corrections that can happen under any administration.
—Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024
The dirty little secret undergirding wokeness is that its practitioners have nothing but indignation in their corner.
—Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 9 Jan. 2024
Opponents have dismissed it as a screed, but much of it is a recitation of unexceptionable (and often boilerplate) arguments against wokeness.
—Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2024
The biggest story about higher education over the last decade has been increased politicization, not wokeness.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
The New Right coalesced as part of a backlash against the woke excesses of the recent past—but railing against wokeness is always faintly embarrassing.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Of course, there’s no way to declare that the Doctor shouldn’t be Black that isn’t out-and-out racist, and so many of these comments are couched in attacks on the producers for wokeness or virtue signaling.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
Affordability is a big reason, ‘wokeness’ probably not In his feud with California, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claims the Golden State is losing residents because of its leftist ways.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
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“Wokeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wokeness. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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