Feminism has been in Merriam-Webster’s annual top 10 for the last few years, including sharing word of the year honours with other ‘isms’ in 2015. Photo: APNew York: This may or may not come as a surprise: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2017 is “feminism.”Yes, it’s been a big year or two or 100 for the word. Feminism has been in Merriam-Webster’s annual Top 10 for the last few years, including sharing word-of-the-year honours with other “isms” in 2015. “The word feminism was being use in a kind of general way,” Sokolowski said by phone from the company’s headquarters in Springfield, Massachusetts. Other events that drew interest to the word feminism was the popular Hulu series, The Handmaid’s Tale, and the blockbuster movie, Wonder Woman, directed by a woman, Patty Jenkins, Sokolowski said.

Source: Mint December 12, 2017 15:45 UTC