According to the compilers of the American explanatory dictionary Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary published by Merriam-Webster, the adjective “authentic” has become the word of 2023 due to the development of artificial intelligence. Peter Sokolowski, editor-in-chief of the dictionary, announced this in an interview with the agency. Associated press.
The dictionary gives various definitions for the word “authentic”: fake, real, valid, factual, similar to the original, bearing the main characteristics. Sokolowski noted that an authenticity crisis was noticed in 2023. “When we start to doubt the reality of something, we start to value it even more,” he said. The official announcement of Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year will be made at a later date.
Sokolowski pointed out that we can no longer always trust what we see. “Can we be sure that the student wrote this work himself? Can we be sure that the politician really made such a statement? “We can no longer immediately trust what we have seen for a while,” says the expert. The editor noted that the Merriam-Webster team does not always delve deeply into why a particular term is popular, but originality has become an important issue.
The selection of the word of the year is based on analysis of search queries on the dictionary website. Sokolowski said that interest in the word “authentic” was high throughout 2023, and that it was not possible to detect individual peaks as in previous years.
This year, the Merriam-Webster team eliminated popular candidates like “love” and “impact” as well as words related to the Wordle and Quordle games. Word of the Year candidates include “authentic,” X (formerly Twitter), EGOT (“Emmy,” “Grammy,” “Oscar” and “Tony”) and Elemental (“Elementary,” the title of the new Pixar movie). .
Last year’s word of the year was: known “Gaslighting” means psychological manipulation.
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