NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Merriam-Webster announced on Monday its 2024 Word of the Year is "polarization," which it said "happens to be one idea that both sides of the political spectrum agree on."
"We define polarization as 'division into two sharply distinct opposites; especially, a state in which the opinions, beliefs, or interests of a group or society no longer range along a continuum but become concentrated at opposing extremes,'" Merriam-Webster, an American company publishing reference books and mostly known for its dictionaries, said in a release.
