woken
verbverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈwəʊ.kən//
- United States//ˈwoʊ.kən//
To make or become woke or woker.
verb
- 1
Also a form of wakepast participle of wake
Etymology
Morphologically woke + -n.
verb
- 1
To 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.”
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 woke'''ning.
Instead 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.
Etymology
From woke + -en.
Forms
- past tense
- wokened
- past participle
- wokened
- present participle
- wokening
- third person singular
- wokens