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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

The outcomes of the 2024 US presidential election caused profound divisions both domestically and internationally. The result ...

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

Merriam-Webster’s 2024 highlights include 'polarization' as Word of the Year, with other key terms like totality (linked to ...