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The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election either saved the nation from a permanent socialist takeover, or else they marked the second coming of Adolf Hitler, depending on whom you ask.
Is it any surprise then that the Merriam–Webster word of the year is “polarization”?
“Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam–Webster’s editor at large, in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press ahead of Monday’s announcement.
“Polarization means that we are tending toward the extremes rather than toward the center.”