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

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In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” ...

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

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 ...

Sharp divides have seemed to define America lately—and Merriam-Webster just made it official. The famous American dictionary ...

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

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

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Researchers from University of California-Irvine published a new study that finds Republicans spread more misinformation than ...