antiwoke

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adjective

Against things that are woke in the social justice sense.

OriginEnglish woke ← Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti →
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Meanings

adjectiveantiwoke (comparative more antiwoke, superlative most antiwoke)

comparative more antiwoke · superlative most antiwoke · alternative anti-woke

  1. Against things that are woke in the social justice sense.

    Now a classic Disney movie is part of the fake antiwoke, anti–critical race theory activism because too many White people cannot stand the fact that a Black mermaid will grace the big screen.

    2023, Omekongo Dibinga, Lies about Black People […] , Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, pages 27–28

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Englishwoke
  8. Englishantiwoke

From anti- + woke.

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APA

antiwoke. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiwoke

MLA

“antiwoke.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiwoke. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiwoke,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiwoke.

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