2023年7月19日 · One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The word has a long and serious history in Black culture. LEILA FADEL,...

Woke is an adjective derived from African-American English used since the 1930s or earlier to refer to awareness of racial prejudice and discrimination, often in the construction stay woke. The term acquired political connotations by the 1970s and gained further popularity in the 2010s with the hashtag #staywoke.

Woke is now defined in this dictionary as “aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice),” and identified as U.S. slang. It originated in African American English and gained more widespread use beginning in 2014 as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.

2018年7月10日 · “Woke” 到底是什么意思？ 什么情况能用？ 根据 Urban Dictionary 的定义， “Woke” 指的是「人们应该了解发生在身周的当代议题」，是 “Wake” （醒来）的过去式，代表你在众人还在懵懂无知的时候，你早就已经跨越那个阶段清醒了。

The meaning of WOKE is aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice) —often used in contexts that suggest someone's expressed beliefs about such matters are not backed with genuine concern or action. How to use woke in a sentence.

2023年3月7日 · “Woke” began in Black vernacular as a warning to be wary of racism. It was adopted by liberal social justice advocates during the Black Lives Matter and Me Too movements in 2020. But...

2025年1月31日 · For years, conservative activists, lawmakers and politicians have used the term "woke" as a slam against progressive values and liberal initiatives. Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs has previously...

2025年3月4日 · To be "woke" politically in the Black community means that someone is informed, educated and conscious of social injustice and racial inequality, Merriam-Webster Dictionary states.

2023年12月20日 · Typically, “wokeness” and “woke ideology” are terms of abuse, used against a variety of practices that, despite their diversity, have a similar character. Often, what is dismissed as “woke” is...

2023年3月9日 · What does being woke mean? Among conservative lawmakers and activists "woke" tends to be an across-the-board denunciation of progressive values and liberal initiatives.