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Merriam-Webster's word of year is polarization
“Polarization”: Merriam-Webster Word of the Year Reflects Political Divides
The dictionary publisher said Americans from competing tribes looked up the definition to better understand divided politics at home and worldwide.
Polarization: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year is 2024 in a nutshell
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 into two sharply distinct opposites,
‘Polarization,’ ‘demure,’ and ‘fortnight’ among Merriam Webster’s top words for 2024
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 nation’s divisions, the dictionary remains “a kind of backstop for meaning,
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Polarization, brain rot and brat – the 2024 words of the year point to the power, perils and ephemeral nature of digital life
In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” ...
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Study explores why Republicans are more likely to respond to political polarization by spreading misinformation
Researchers from University of California-Irvine published a new study that finds Republicans spread more misinformation than ...
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‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year
Depending on who you ask, the results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country or were cause for ...
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Polarization: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2024
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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Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year — ‘polarization’
The election was so divisive, many American voters went to the polls with a feeling that the opposing candidate was an ...
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Washington health secretary talks pandemic, polarization of public health
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, left, and Washington state Health Secretary Umair Shah discuss loneliness and isolation in ...
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Why the Right Is More Willing to Spread Fake News, Researchers Say
"Republicans react to political polarization by putting out partisan misinformation," says one of the authors of a new study.
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Fusion voting would encourage coalitions, decrease polarization
The kind of hyper-partisan polarization increasingly seen in our politics makes it almost impossible for politicians on ...
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