01/01/2023
“𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧” 𝐢𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲.𝐜𝐨𝐦’𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 – a word so simple and so common but nonetheless, according to the site, “inseparable from the story of 2022.”
This year’s pick is a reflection of the ongoing cultural conversations around gender, identity and language and how people turn to the dictionary to make sense of these complex issues.
“This year, the very matter of the definition of the word ‘woman’ was at the center of so many consequential moments, discussions, and decisions in our society,” John Kelly, Dictionary.com’s senior director of editorial, said in a news release. “Our selection of ‘woman’ as the Word of the Year for 2022 – and how the word is defined, who is included in that definition, who the word applies and belongs to – highlights how important the work of a dictionary is, and how dictionaries can impact people’s lives.”
