English

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Etymology

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From woke +‎ -ist.

Noun

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wokeist (plural wokeists)

  1. (derogatory) A proponent of wokeism or woke ideals.
    Synonym: woker
    • 2021, Geoff Norcott, Where Did I Go Right?: How the Left Lost Me:
      If you don't know Owen Jones, as I once told him, he's the 'grand poobah of wokeists' (which to his credit he laughed at).