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

Following a contentious presidential election, Merriam-Webster has chosen its word of the year for 2024: “polarization.” The ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" Polarization was widely used to describe America in 2024,” says Merriam-Webster President Greg Barlow. "Ironically, it's a ...