Additionally, 36% of those surveyed said they came across a word they didn't know during the election, and 33% said they believed their vocabulary had expanded since the election.

That’s the word that most commonly came up when Monmouth University pollsters asked Americans to describe the United States in just a single word. That sense of division was present in 1 out of ...

A word arising from the controversial and divisive U.S. political landscape in 2021 took the title. Pandemic-related and TikTok-inspired terms also reflected our national preoccupations.

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.. Merriam-Webster on Monday named its 2024 Word of the ...

William Lyons worked as a professor of political science at the University of Tennessee and served for more than 16 years in a number of policy-related roles for Knoxville Mayors Bill Haslam ...

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The word was frequently used by the media this year, Merriam-Webster noted, and was repeated on networks like MSNBC and Fox News — particularly when describing politics and the presidential ...