Meanings
- derogatoryuncountablegovernmentPeople who hold right-wing or conservative beliefs while promoting identitarianism and victim mentality.
But really I would say the only logical way of talking about a woke right is precisely a right that buys into these left-wing myths.
2024 December 20, Daniel McCarthy & Tom Sarrouf, Jr., “What Is the Woke Right?”, in Modern Age1 more example
The thing is, the Woke Right isn’t really conservative at all. Many of its proponents openly reject conservatism as weak and as a loser.
2025 July 3, Grokkus Babeuf and James Lindsay, “A Beginner’s Guide to the Woke Right”, in New Discourses
Origin
Popularized by James Lindsay and Konstantin Kisin. Named due to the use of identity politics or victimisation being compared to left-wing activists (woke).
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woke right. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woke%20right
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