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

A lot of words related to politics also came up on the list including "democracy", "pander", "weird", "cognitive", "demure" ...

Merriam-Webster’s list continues a tradition of reflecting cultural trends, with past picks including “authentic” in 2023, ...

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

Depending on who you ask, the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country or were cause for ...

The term has been most frequently used in the US before elections to describe race relations, politics, ideology.

With less than a month left until January, Merriam-Webster has chosen its 2024 Word of the Year, one that has often defined ...

Following a contentious presidential election, is it any surprise the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”?

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

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

Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at ...

Springfield, Massachusetts-based Merriam-Webster picked “polarization” as the word of the year. Merriam-Webster chooses its ...