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- Dictionarywokeness/ˈwōknəs/
noun
- 1. the quality of being alert to injustice and discrimination in society, especially racism: informal "will this new era of wokeness really change things?"
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Woke is a political slang adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination. Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights. Wikipedia