'Authentic' Is Merriam-Webster's Word of 2023
Here’s how the dictionary publisher chose the top word of the year—and what other words came close.
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Here’s how the dictionary publisher chose the top word of the year—and what other words came close.
“We sometimes don’t believe our own eyes or our own ears. We are now recognizing that authenticity is a performance itself,” said an editor at Merriam-Webster.
In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.”
In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, and the rise of AI, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is "authentic."
“Authentic” is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. The choice came from the rise of AI and concerns about the blurring line between real and fake.