Meanings
woken1
- participlepastpast participle of wake
woken2
present singular third person wokens · participle present wokening · participle past wokened · past wokened
- ambitransitiveTo make or become woke or woker.
The “wokening” industry swallowed Orr's latest incarnation—the new, improved Rory Rabineau—as a perfect antidote to the perceived poison of his uninsurable “mental instability.”
2022, Bruce Wagner, ROAR: American Master, The Oral Biography of Roger Orr2 more examples
Which is why progressivism ain't no religion; it's a cult. Instead of the Ten Commandments, it's political correctness. Instead of any meaningful spiritual awakening, it's a performative wokening.
2022, Dave Rubin, Don't Burn This CountryInstead of a grim reminder of reality in which the Black hero survives the ordeal only to be wrongfully dispatched by police—à la Night of the Living Dead—Get Out exudes the hope of an ever-wokening world.
2023, Robin R. Means Coleman, Mark H. Harris, The Black Guy Dies First
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woken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woken
“woken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woken. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “woken,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/woken.
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