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Cambridge Dictionary reveals Word of the Year 2025 

18 Nov 2025
Cambridge Dictionary has named 'parasocial' as the Word of the Year for 2025.
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‘Manifest’ is Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year

20 Nov 2024
The controversial global trend of manifesting has driven Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024.
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Cambridge Dictionary names 'perseverance' Word of the Year 2021

17 Nov 2021
Perseverance, a word which captures the undaunted will of people across the world to never give up, despite the many challenges of the last 12 months...
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Cambridge Dictionary names 'quarantine’ Word of the Year 2020

24 Nov 2020
‘Quarantine’ has defeated 'lockdown' and 'pandemic' to be crowned Word of the Year 2020 after data showed it to be one of the most highly searched for...
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Upcycling crowned Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year 2019

'Upcycling' crowned Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year 2019

05 Nov 2019
Cambridge Dictionary has named 'upcycling', the activity of making new items out of old or used things, as its Word of the Year 2019.
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'Populism' revealed as 2017 Word of the Year by Cambridge University Press

30 Nov 2017
The word 'populism' has been announced as the Cambridge Dictionary 2017 Word of the Year.
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