The word polarization', which became an integral part of the socio-political discourse in 2024, is also Merriam-Webster's ...

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

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

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

The dictionary publisher said Monday that “polarization” is its 2024 word of the year, defining it as “division into two ...

Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” Merriam-Webster’s editor at large said in an ...

In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” ...

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

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

BEIJING -- Chinese researchers have developed an on-chip integrated polarization photodetector (pol-PD), drawing inspiration ...

Researchers from University of California-Irvine published a new study that finds Republicans spread more misinformation than ...

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