[Answer] Which word did Merriam-Webster select as its 2022 word of the year?

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Which word did Merriam-Webster select as its 2022 word of the year?

• Gaslighting:The U.S. dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced on Monday that their 2022 word of the year is "gaslighting." Merriam-Webster defines it as "the act or practice of grossly misleading someone, especially for one's own advantage." According to searches of the online dictionary, interest in the term was up by 1,740% over the previous year. The iconic dictionary picks its word of the year based solely on data without discerning why people may be looking up a particular term. "Gaslighting" beat out other words such as "oligarch," "codify," and "Omicron."

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