Merriam-Webster defines polarization as “division into two sharply distinct opposites; especially, a state in which the opinions, beliefs, or interests of a group of a group or society no longer ...

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Earlier today, Merriam-Webster announced that it'd added 200 new words and phrases to its online dictionary in its latest effort to maintain relevance in the arms race against the ever-changing ...

The key term here is “gender identity,” which demonstrates that Merriam-Webster maintains that gender is not directly connected to sex. A female is a woman. Trans-identifying males are not female.

Merriam-Webster is more than a dictionary in the social media age. Credit: AP Photo/Stephan Savoia Merriam-Webster is way more than a dictionary, it's a social media queen that isn't afraid to say ...

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Kory Stamper, a lexicographer for Merriam-Webster and author of "Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries," told us that "irregardless" is a word in the dictionary, and how to use it correctly.

The new edition’s bombshell shift, which brought cheers from Society for Editing conference attendees, involved dictionaries — a switch from Webster’s New World Dictionary to Merriam-Webster.