wokewashing

Etymology

From woke + -wash + -ing. Compare greenwashing.

noun

  1. The use of social justice in marketing campaigns.“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.”