A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year. That word is “polarization.” Defined as a ...

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Merriam-Webster has chosen “polarisation” as ... "It’s always been important to me that the dictionary serve as a kind of neutral and objective arbiter of meaning for everybody," Sokolowski ...

Merriam-Webster has just unveiled its word of the year for 2024. On Monday (December 9), the publisher known for its American Dictionary announced that “polarization” was the word of the year.

The oldest dictionary publisher in the country decreed that ‘polarization’ was the word on everyone’s lips in a year defined by the presidential election. Reporter Reporter Got a tip?

The American dictionary publisher announced its selection today, defining the term as “division into two sharply distinct opposites.” However, as Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor ...

Polarization is a good description of our current culture. The Merriam-Webster definition is a "division into two sharply distinct opposites; especially a state in which the opinions ...

"The basic job of the dictionary is to tell the truth about words," the Merriam-Webster editor continued. "We've had dictionaries of English for 420 years and it's only been in the last 20 years ...

Merriam-Webster, which logs 100 million pageviews a month on its site, chooses its word of the year based on data, tracking a rise in search and usage. Last year's pick was authentic. This year's ...