The dictionary publisher said Monday that “polarization” is its 2024 word of the year, defining it as “division into two ...

The winning word beat out finalists such as "demure," "pander," "totality," "fortnight," "allision" and "democracy" ...

Demure came close but was beaten out by a descriptor of one of the most tense election years in recent history ...

The famous American dictionary publisher on Monday announced that “polarization”—defined as “division into two sharply ...

In 2003, Merriam-Webster decided to make “democracy” its first word of the year. Since then, the word — which, of course, ...

A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s ...

Merriam-Webster's word of the year and list of other top-searched words were influenced by politics, Taylor Swift, TikTok and ChatGPT.

The dictionary publisher said Americans from competing tribes looked up the definition to better understand divided politics ...

The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause ...