What is the opposite of woke?

Woke is no longer fit for purpose.

Jeremy Clarkson

Middle aged?

Common sense

I think people now try and use it as an insult, but all they're really doing is exposing their own bigotry

I think the word has changed. I now think when people say woke they are the same people who say "political correctness gone mad". Often in a mocking tone, generally racist, homophobic, bigots etc. To me now anyone who says something is woke, I would be very wary of!

So what you are saying, MAGA is woke?!?

I would once have been proud to be woke, now I'd be ashamed because circumferences is right. It has come to mean virtue signalling replacing action, intolerance, bigotry, bullying and mysogyny. The modern "woke" are nearer to fascists than those they complain about.

Those who claim to be "woke" are now those who are deliberately blinding themselves to the real problems. So I think the opposite of woke is now realist or attentive. I recommend reading https://www.waterstones.com/book/woke-racism/john-mcwhorter/9781800751446 to understand why opposing meaningless virtue signalling is not racism.

Woke now has changed from meaning a good, enlightened and tolerant person to an annoying bigot who thinks they are always right and tries to force his/her/it’s views on everyone else.

Woke definition as per the urban dictionary:

”When this term became popularised, initially the meaning of this term was when an individual become more aware of the social injustice. Or basically, any current affairs related like biased, discrimination, or double-standards.

However, as time passed by, people started using this term recklessly, assigning this term to themselves or someone they know to boost their confidence and reassure them that they have the moral high grounds and are fighting for the better world. And sometimes even using it as a way to protect themselves from other people's opinion, by considering the 'outsider' as non-woke. While people that are in line with their belief as woke. Meaning that those 'outsiders' have been brainwash by the society and couldn't see the truth. Thus, filtering everything that the 'outsider' gives regardless whether it is rationale or not.

And as of now, the original meaning is slowly fading and instead, is used more often to term someone as hypocritical and think they are the 'enlightened' despite the fact that they are extremely close-minded and are unable to accept other people's criticism or different perspective. Especially considering the existence of echo chamber(media) that helped them to find other like-minded individuals, thus, further solidifying their 'progressive' opinion.”

Which based on the current and evolved definition of woke would mean the opposite is ‘open-minded’ - a full circle from what woke started out as.

Libertarian

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tservative

I don't think that logically follows.
Woke is a state of being awake, alert, perceptive of your surroundings and of what is situationally going on around you.
It is consciousness.
How you interpret your consciousness depends on your reasoning/logical bias as well as personal beliefs whether irrational or rational.
Woke is simply being made away of something.
Probably important for any occasion from driving, getting out of bed, voting, making decisions, etc.
The sleepy tired person must awaken and take note of their surroundings.

At first glance Woke is about being aware of injustice and all about inclusivity, unfortunately people have taken that too far becoming very black and white about what is and isn’t acceptable. Often without debate, and with repercussions like being cancelled for example. What’s happened now is that often woke is in fact itself intolerant and unjust.

If your not woke you're Owned

Woke means that someone who was racist, bigoted, etc. has 'woken up' to injustices and now sees them.

The opposite would be someone who was never racist, bigoted, etc. in the first place.

Woke to me is someone who has very little real world knowledge / immature/ close minded whilst believing they are very open minded, idealistic without any basis in reality, someone who picks up on the latest supposedly open minded trends and believes them because it’s ‘cool’.
So the opposite would be someone who is learned, wise, grounded in real world reality, experienced with many different types of people and environments, someone who has been round the block many times and has solid foundations on which opinions are formed.

I consider the homophobia of the "woke" left to be a negative. They consider my alleged transphobia to be a negative. However we could both generally agree on disability access. So who is woke there?

And that's without considering that you can be "woke" (in general opinion) on one issue, while "bigoted"/"correct" (depending also on whether it's a descriptor or an insult...) on another.

No.. they are your alternatives. Not the alternatives many people would agree with.

I guess it's like the anti-fascists whose behaviours meet all definitions of "fascist"?

For me the answer depends on which "version" of woke you mean. Some use it to mean those who are on the "right side" of social issues; aware of racism/homophobia/feminism/disability/green issues etc, but then others use it as an insult to the vegan lentil weavers. Both have different opposites.

Pisspants says "I would say opposites are either closed minded or ignorant. It's a shame wokism has become part of the culture wars really as I don't know why anyone wouldnt want to be woke when those are the alternatives!"

The opposite of woke isn't closed-minded or ignorant, if you're talking about gender ideology the so-called 'woke ones' are the ones who deny science and biology, think humans can change sex and that men are women if they say they are.

I agree that 'wokism' has become part of the culture though - the part that intimidates and threatens women who won't agree, gets women sacked and cancelled yet they claim to be the reasonable ones - whilst refusing to debate any issues around gender ideology, ignorance and having closed minds is their signature.

I am highly suspicious of any group that demands complete compliance with their ideology, it's the behaviour of a cult.

"Woke" has drifted from its original meaning to something approximating "politically correct". I'm not keen on woke as an insult, or as a descriptor of the identitarian madness that seems to have gripped a part of the left

I’m starting a campaign for people to start saying ‘right on’ instead of woke. You can use it positively or negatively!

Opposite of woke....
Ignorant
Uneducated
Insensitive
Racist
Xenophobic