Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve been looking up the definition of “polarization” to help explain politics in the U.S. and abroad, you’re far from alone.

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 “division ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As 2024 comes to a close, Merriam-Webster has chosen polarization as the Word of the Year. A dictionary is not exactly a public ...

Merriam-Webster's dictionaries are displayed for sale at a Barnes & Noble store on January 11, 2024 in Austin, Texas. With less than a month left until January, Merriam-Webster has chosen its 2024 ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is one that the dictionary suggests unifies both sides of the aisle. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

(The Center Square) – There are four main demographic groups which define American polarization and may help explain the results of the 2024 General Election, according to decades worth of election ...

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Merriam-Webster’s 2024 Word of the Year is polarization. Merriam-Webster chooses its word of the year based on data, and tracked a rise in search and usage of the word. Other words or terms of the ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is one that the dictionary suggests unifies both sides of the aisle. The dictionary ...