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

The Merriam-Webster entry for “polarization” reflects scientific and metaphorical definitions. It’s most commonly used to ...

Merriam-Webster named "polarization" its 2024 Word of the Year on Monday, citing its prominence in describing the political ...

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

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

In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” as its word of the year, which joins a list of 2024 winners from other ...

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

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's Department of English named "future" as Hawaii's Word of the Year for 2024.

Is it any surprise then that the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization ... kind of backstop for meaning in an era of fake news, alternative facts, whatever you want to say ...

LONDON (AP) — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday (Dec. 2, 2024) that the evocative phrase ...

Former President Obama denounced political polarization Thursday ... admitted that while pluralism may not be a word that the public uses every day, it’s still a familiar concept.