woketopian

English

Alternative forms

Woketopian

Etymology

Of Woketopia +‎ -ian, from woke +‎ -topia +‎ -ian. Attributed to US Congressman Matt Gaetz.

Adjective

woketopian (comparative more woketopian, superlative most woketopian)

(US, politics, derogatory) Excessively woke; demanding or reflecting values of social justice to an extreme extent.
- 2020 October 28, Matt Gaetz, quotee, “Matt Gaetz suggests Philadelphia riots could harm Democrats on Election Day”, in Newstex Blogs: Florida Politics‎^[1]:
  'Where the risk to safety and security and normal life has caused a lot of folks to abandon ‘woketopian’ politics for order, for security for normalcy. In Philadelphia right now, we don't see that.'
- 2020 November 2, Phillip Carl Salzman, “Goodbye America, Hello Woketopia”, in Minding the Campus‎^[2]:
  Finally, there would be woketopian revenge for “the patriarchy” and biology, for slavery and Jim Crow, for heteronormativity, for war in the Middle East, for able normality, and for prosperity.
- 2021 June 9, Dan Wooton, “Over-privileged, over-woke and over here: Would the American student who cancelled the Queen have disrespected his own country like that?”, in Daily Mail‎^[3]:
  What this woketopian prat has failed to realise is that our monarch has proven in actions throughout her life to be the ultimate anti-racist.
- 2021 August 16, Tom Evans, “Farage attack on city typical of a peddlar in ‘anti-wokeness’”, in Liverpool Echo, page 26:
  The channel’s mission is to present “both sides of every argument”, even though alternative views are routinely depicted as “leftist propaganda”, the product of the “woke mob” or “woketopian snowflakes”.
- 2021 December 13, Jim baker, “Reversing Roe is not pragmatic”, in The Day‎^[4], Comment:
  Getting back to foundational basics is refreshing, especially in today's Woketopian climate

Noun

woketopian (plural woketopians)

(US, politics, derogatory) Someone who is excessively devoted to values of social justice.
- 2020 August 26, Michael Stewart, “letter to the editor”, in New York Times‎^[5]:
  As a Democrat watching the Republican convention, I was surprised to learn that I’m a radical “woketopian” who wants to support “Communist China,” disarm Americans, defund the police, unlock prisons, disburse opioids, cancel our founding fathers, abolish the suburbs and raise taxes.
- 2020 October 9, Aja Romano, “A history of “wokeness””, in Vox‎^[6]:
  At the Republican National Convention in August, right-wing Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) scolded “woketopians,” grouping them together with socialists and Biden supporters, as though the definition of a “woketopian” was self-evident.
- 2021 September 9, Dan Wooton, “How can the very people supposed to protect the legacy and memory of Winston Churchill have betrayed him so badly? We must never surrender to the woke mob”, in Mail Online‎^[7]:
  What makes it obvious that Weston is a woketopian is that, as she announced these changes, she also revealed the charity would start to focus on ‘addressing inequality and protecting the environment’.