Meanings
nounantiwokeness (uncountable)
- uncountableOpposition to wokeness.
Some of this dictator-love reflected the belief that Putin was a champion of antiwokeness — someone who wouldn't accuse you of being a racist, who denounced cancel culture and "gay propaganda."
2022 March 11, Paul Krugman, “America's Right Has a Putin Problem”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2022
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
- Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
- Englishanti-
- Englishwoke
- Englishantiwoke
- Englishantiwokeness
Cite this entry
APA
antiwokeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiwokeness
MLA
“antiwokeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiwokeness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiwokeness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiwokeness.
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