wokelash
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A backlash against media, speech, etc. deemed inconsistent with social justice…
A backlash against media, speech, etc. deemed inconsistent with social justice principles, or viewed as perpetuating unwoke or reactionary ideas.
- His unguarded remarks about the state of comedy inspired a huge wokelash.
A backlash against or mass rejection of wokeness, or of media, policies, etc. deemed woke…
A backlash against or mass rejection of wokeness, or of media, policies, etc. deemed woke or politically correct.
- Some centrist Democrats today say “woke” politics have gone too far and provoked the “wokelash” (causing Democrats to lose elections in 2021).
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