wokewashing
English
Alternative forms
- woke-washing
Etymology
Blend of woke + whitewashing. Compare greenwashing.
Noun
wokewashing (uncountable)
- (derogatory) The use of social justice in marketing campaigns.
- 2018 August 10, Arwa Mahdawi, “Woke-washing brands cash in on social justice. It’s lazy and hypocritical”, in The Guardian:
- Which means modern brands have started using progressive values as a marketing ploy and are appropriating social activism as a form of advertising. It’s like the “greenwashing” of yore, but on a whole other level. We have, I’m afraid, entered a nauseating new age of woke-washing.
Verb
wokewashing
- present participle of wokewash