The main word of 2023 has been named

Merriam-Webster American Dictionary announced the adjective “authentic” is the word of 2023. This was due to the word’s frequent mention in searches related to artificial intelligence, celebrities, identity and social media. The concept of authenticity has several meanings, including “not false or imitation”, synonymous with the real and genuine, and “true to one’s personality, spirit or character”.

This year, many celebrities such as Lainie Wilson, Sam Smith and Taylor Swift have used the word when talking about finding their authentic selves through creativity. Authenticity is also becoming relevant with the rise of artificial intelligence, which is influencing academics, actor salaries and more, making the line between “real” and “fake” increasingly blurry. However, determining authenticity is quite difficult and has become a matter of debate.

This year, the words “rice,” “deepfake,” “X,” “doppelganger” and “kibbutz” were also top search terms on Merriam-Webster.

Published in the newspaper “Moskovsky Komsomolets” No. 0 dated November 30 -0001

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“Authentic” named Merriam-Webster’s word of the year 2023