woke right en · NOUN
Etymology
Popularized by James Lindsay and Konstantin Kisin. Named due to the use of identity politics or victimisation being compared to left-wing activists (woke).
Meanings
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(derogatory, uncountable) People who hold right-wing or conservative beliefs while promoting identitarianism and victim mentality.
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: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 Age: