wokeism UK /ˈwəʊkɪzəm/US /ˈwoʊkɪzəm/ noun2 •(disapproving) The purported ideology of wokeness. •(disapproving) A woke word or expression.Many of them are leaving us — the words. Gone into hiding […] Now they lurk, uncaged, behind other words, behind trending, brittle, bloodless little wokeisms […] — 2024 formswokeisms