'Post-truth' enters Oxford English Dictionary - POLITICO Europe

Post-truth is defined as “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than ... ‘Post-truth’entersOxfordEnglishDictionary ZyzzyvatoreplaceZythumasthelastwordinthedictionary. 1,200newwords,phrases,andsenses,enterthelatesteditionoftheOxfordEnglishDictionary|KarenBleier/AFPviaGettyImages By CynthiaKroet June27,2017 6:39pm ShareonFacebook ShareonTwitter ShareonLinkedin Mail Print Post-truth,theOxfordEnglishDictionary’swordoftheyear2016,willbeinthelatesteditionofthedictionaryalongside 1,200newwordsandphrases,thepublishersaidTuesday. Post-truthisdefinedas“relatingtoordenotingcircumstancesinwhichobjectivefactsarelessinfluentialinshapingpublicopinionthanappealstoemotionandpersonalbelief,”accordingtoKatherineConnorMartin,headofOxford’sU.S.Dictionariesdivision. Othernewwordsinclude“hygge”—aDanishwordtodescribe“cosinessandcomfortableconvivialitythatengendersafeelingofcontentmentorwell-being”—and“woke”—whichisusedasanadjectivetomean“alerttoracialorsocialdiscriminationandinjustice.” Thenoun“thing”hasalsobeenupdatedwithadifferentmeaning.Thenewsense,whichitsayshasonlyariseninthepasttwodecades,isdefinedas“agenuineorestablishedphenomenonorpractice”andisoftenusedinquestionsconveyingsurpriseorincredulity,suchas“isthatevenathing?” ThelastalphabeticentryintheOEDusedtobe “zythum”—akindofmaltbeerbrewedinancientEgypt.Butinthenextedition,thelastwordwillbe“Zyzzyva”—thenameofagenusoftropicalweevilsnativetoSouthAmericaandtypicallyfoundonornearpalmtrees. AlsoOnPOLITICO‘Trump’ischildren’swordoftheyearByCynthiaKroetOxford’swordoftheyearis‘post-truth’ByEstherKing Morefrom... CynthiaKroet Two-thirdsofpeoplebelievepandemicclosureofcafés,bars,andrestaurantshadnegativeimpactongeneralpopulation,findsnewsurveyresearch. Schoolsmust‘actontheassumptionthatsexualharassmentisaffectingtheirpupils,’OfficeforStandardsinEducationsays. Brusselspushesplantoenddiscriminationandprovidehelpwitheducation,housing,healthandemployment. MuslimwomanwasturneddownforajobinaBerlinschoolin2017becauseshewasnotpreparedtotakeoffherheadscarf. Nextup SPONSOREDCONTENTBYInternationalAllianceforResponsibleDrinking(IARD) Hospitalityvenuesarevitaltosocialandmentalwellbeing November29,2021 8:00am By POLITICOStudio Sexualharassment‘normalized’inUKschools:Report June10,2021 9:24am By MarinaAdami Commissionissuesguidelineson‘integration’toeasedealonmigrationpact November24,2020 9:39pm By JacopoBarigazziand DavidM.Herszenhorn Berlinheadscarfbanisillegal,courtrules August28,2020 11:44am By NetteNöstlinger RelatedTags Education Societyandculture Closeloginmodal Login Logintoaccesscontentandmanageyourprofile.Ifyoudonothavealoginyoucanregisterhere. Log-in Password Forgotyourpassword?Clickhere. Rememberme Login Byloggingin,youconfirmacceptanceofour POLITICOPrivacyPolicy. Privacy