"Merriam-Webster Announces 2023 Word of the Year"

Merriam-Webster has chosen "authentic" as its Word of the Year for 2023, reflecting the blurred line between "real" and "fake" in an age of post-truth, deepfakes, and AI. The word's multiple meanings, including "not false or imitation" and "true to one's own personality," resonate with the current crisis of authenticity. Other notable words that attracted attention in 2023 include "deepfake," "coronation," "dystopian," "implode," and "doppelganger."