Word Of The Year 2024 Merriam Webster List. It also highlighted nine others that the dictionary publisher said “stood out” in search volume on its website this year:. What is the 2024 word of the year?

As our team reviewed the words that stood out in 2024, these words also made an impact and our shortlist. Polarization, most commonly used to mean causing strong disagreement between opposing factions or groupings, captured the mood of.