Word of the Year 2016 is…
Republished from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/word-of-the-year/word-of-the-year-2016
After much discussion, debate, and research, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016 is post-truth – an adjective defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief’.
The script was provided by a guest writer, the cultural commentator Neil Midgley.
Why was this chosen?
The concept of post-truth has been in existence for the past decade, but Oxford Dictionaries has seen a spike in frequency this year in the context of the EU referendum in the United Kingdom and the presidential election in the United States. It has also become associated with a particular noun, in the phrase post-truth politics. Continue reading “Word of the Year 2016 is… Post-Truth”
