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

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

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

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

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

Merriam-Webster has just unveiled ... the publisher known for its American Dictionary announced that “polarization” was the word of the year. The definition of the word describes a “division ...

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

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

The Merriam-Webster entry for “polarization” reflects scientific and metaphorical definitions ... “The basic job of the dictionary is to tell the truth about words,” the Merriam-Webster ...

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

Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based on data, tracking a ...

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