woke right

English

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").

Noun

woke right (uncountable)

  1. (politics, derogatory) People who hold right-wing beliefs but promote identitarianism and victim mentality.
    • 2024 December 20, Daniel McCarthy & Tom Sarrouf, Jr., “What Is the Woke Right?”, in Modern Age‎[1]:
      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.
    • 2025 July 3, Grokkus Babeuf and James Lindsay, “A Beginner’s Guide to the Woke Right”, in New Discourses‎[2]:
      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.
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