The Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is in response to all the nonsense and noise of the current age of post-truth, fake news, deepfakes and artificial intelligence.
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year was introduced to the world in a 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton, but has been thrown into the spotlight once again.
The revised edition of the Merriam-Webster dictionary will contain a new definition of ‘racism’.