(colloquial, chiefly, North America) Not woke, especially in social justice contexts.
(colloquial, chiefly, North America) Not woke, especially in social justice contexts.
Today’s culture war is being waged not between religion and secularism but between groups that the Catholic writer Matthew Schmitz has described as “the woke and the unwoke.”
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(slang) Extremely or excessively woke.
Aware of social injustice, especially regarding race. AAVE for over a century. Repurposed as a pejorative by political opponents in the late 2010s; the original sense is still used by Black communities and progressives.
(chiefly, Britain, colloquial, dated) Not U; not characteristic of the upper classes, particularly regarding language.
(archaic, poetic) Not having been woken.
Unwoke means: Not having been woken.. The word is mostly archaic or historical; you will only encounter it in old texts, period drama, or school history rather than current teen conversation. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
unwoke means: Not having been woken.. Register: archaic, historical. Almost never used today; you will find it only in older texts, dictionaries of dialect, or historical writing. Avoid in active vocabulary. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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(transitive, informal) To remove woke or socially progressive influence from (something); to make unwoke.
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