Anothe­r top trendi­ng word for 2017 was 'compli­cit'NEW YORK: In the year that Donald Trump’s inauguration triggered nationwide women’s protests and powerful men were toppled by a firestorm of sexual misconduct allegations, the leading US dictionary named ‘feminism’ its word of 2017. Merriam-Webster bestows the “Word of the Year” honor on the word or term with the sharpest spike in look-ups over the previous year. This year the dictionary announced a 70 per cent increase in online searches for ‘feminism’ compared to 2016, recording multiple spikes corresponding to a string of news reports and events. Searches rose following the Women’s March on Washington and other US cities on January 21, the day after Trump was sworn in as president, the dictionary said on Tuesday. Feminism is not about berating men: Priyanka ChopraThere was another spike when White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, the first woman to run a successful US presidential campaign, said in February that she did not consider herself a feminist.

Source: The Express Tribune December 13, 2017 05:26 UTC