Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year is “polarization” which was heard around the world during this year’s heated election ...

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

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

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

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

In a year defined by sharp political and cultural divisions, it comes as no surprise that Merriam-Webster has named "polarization" as its 2024 Word of the Year.

Demure came close but was beaten out by a descriptor of one of the most tense election years in recent history ...

Merriam-Webster’s top 10 most-searched words in 2024 reflect the year’s key cultural moments and news events. In the face of ...

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

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

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

The election was so divisive, many American voters went to the polls with a feeling that the opposing candidate was an ...