The story
Blend of woke (“holding left-wing views toward social justice”) + awakening, influenced by Great Awakening, any of several periods of religious revival in the United States. Attested from the 2010s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
awokening
Today it means: A progressive or leftist political or social movement or attitude, especially toward social justice issues, or the effects of such a movement. Full definition →