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woke adj. [attr. and pred.] (informal)
(a) aware of, informed about, aware of and (highly) sensitive to racial prejudice, racial hatred, discrimination, (any form of) social injustice; awake; socially conscious; consciously empathetic: ›By using the so-called correct words and designations, the PC believe that it makes them better and more “woke". "Woke", for those who have wondered, means to be socially aware. You are so aware, you almost never sleep (Mercy Kannemeyer (translated), Vrye Weekblad, 14 June 2019). (b) (also) aware of things that threaten man's natural environment and the earth: ›That's why I still think that a general BA degree in two years' time should be a requirement for all students, during which they learn to [ …] find technological solutions to everyday problems, and during which they learn to develop “woke” arguments about climate change, smart cities and high-speed trains (Jonathan Jansen, Vrye Weekblad, 28 June 2019).
– Woordeboek van Afrikaans Vandag
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Afrikaans-Engels/English-Afrikaans Dictionary (Pharos 2010)
Verklarende Afrikaanse Woordeboek (Labuschagne & Eksteen 2010)
Bilingual School Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Pharos 2016)
Junior Bilingual School Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Pharos 2018)
English Dictionary for South African Schools (Pharos 2015)
Tesourus van Afrikaans (De Stadler & De Stadler 2021)
Woordeboek van Afrikaans Vandag (courtesy of the author Jana Luther 2020)
Sinonieme en verwante woorde (Buro van die WAT 2006)
Groot Woordeboek Afrikaans en Nederlands (Pharos 2011)
Spreekwoorde en Waar Hulle Vandaan Kom (Prinsloo 2009)
’n Dief aan die kers (Prinsloo 2013)
Lys Klassieke Eiename – Eng./Afr. (Taalkommissie 1984)
The Essential Companion for Writers and Editors (Hendry 2011)
South African Multilingual Dictionary (Pharos 2015)
English/Afrikaans/Zulu/Xhosa Aid (Uys 2002)
English/Afrikaans/Northern Sotho/Tswana Aid (Uys 2008)
Popular Northern Sotho (Kriel, Prinsloo & Sathekge 1997)
English-Xhosa (Pharos 1998)
Afrikaans-Xhosa (Pharos 1998)
Afrikaans-Japannese Woordeboek (Kotzé 2015)
Pansegrouw-Superblokraaiwoordeboek
Blokraai-antwoorde
Verklarende Biologiewoordeboek (Webb, De Villiers & Du Toit 1983)
Botanical Dictionary (SA Akademie 1972)
Brug-woordelys – Eng./Afr. explanatory (Dorfling 2003)
Building Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1960)
New Business Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Geldenhuys & Viljoen-Smook 2009)
Dictionary of Economics and Business – Eng./Afr. (Steenkamp & Reynders 2004)
Filatelieterme – Afr./Eng. (Filatelistevereniging & SA Akademie 1977)
Geologiese en verwante terme – Afr./Eng. (SA Akademie 1953)
Dictionary for the Health Sciences – Eng./Afr. (Lochner & Brink 2011)
Mathematics Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1987)
SA Music Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 2000)
Dictionary of Oceanology – Eng./Afr. (Lutjeharms 2004)
Police Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Du Toit 1994)
Property Economics – Eng./Afr. (Rode 2017)
Radio-TV-Theatre-Film Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1999)
Woordeboek van Regs- en Handelsterme – Eng./Afr. explanatory (Smuts & Smuts 1992)
Encyclopaedic Dictionary of short-term insurance – Eng./Afr. (Lindstrom 2012)
Technical Dictionary – Eng./Afr. (Terblanche 2003)
Water and Sewage Works Terms – Eng./Afr. (SA Akademie 1967)
Afrikaans-Engels/English-Afrikaans Dictionary (Pharos 2010)
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