'Authentic' named Merriam-Webster's 2023 word of the year

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."

'Authentic' named Merriam-Webster's 2023 word of the year
A red Merriam-Webster dictionary sits on top of a drawer in a file cabinet.

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."