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word of the year

most important word or expression in the public sphere during a specific year
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word of the year

Summary

word of the year has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • word of the year is a type of award[2].
  • word of the year is a type of recurring event[3].
  • word of the year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Word of the year[4].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include award[2] and recurring event[3].

Why It Matters

word of the year has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

Related Entities

award

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). word of the year. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/word-of-the-year
MLA “word of the year.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/word-of-the-year.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_word-of-the-year_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{word of the year}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/word-of-the-year}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · C960657 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → årets_ord
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8313]]: årets_ord"
  2. 17d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Word of the year
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q140249898
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36807|batch #36807]]: tag for concrete/abstract disjunction anomaly"
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