The current versions of the definition of racism do not tell the full story and this may muddy the waters and limit people’s understanding of what racism is and how it can manifest in our systems and ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The announcement came in 1800 in the back of a Connecticut newspaper just above a farmer's reward for a stray cow. A man named Noah Webster was proposing the first comprehensive ...

Merriam-Webster, the company known for its reference books and dictionaries, has become the source of online misinformation about vaccines. "Vaccine used to be defined as a substances that provides ...

First, people claimed that Merriam-Webster sneakily changed the definition of the word “anti-vaxxer” to include people who oppose laws that mandate vaccination. (It didn’t. It has always had the same ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

The American dictionary Merriam-Webster is to change its definition of the word racism after receiving an email from a young black woman. Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake University in Iowa ...

This image released by Merriam-Webster shows a copy of the 12th edition of the "Collegiate Dictionary." (Merriam-Webster via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Merriam-Webster on Thursday announced a major overhaul ...

President Obama and George Stephanopoulos disagreed on what actually defined a tax increase in a feisty exchange on ABC’s This Week, causing the host to pull out the Merriam-Webster dictionary ...

Apple fans were used as an example in Merriam-Webster's defnintion of "sheeple." PDPics/Pixabay Apple fanboys have always had a reputation for undying loyalty to the brand, but Merriam-Webster is ...

Noah Webster published A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language in 1806. His 1828 follow-up contained 70,000 entries. By 1864, the collection had 114,000 ...

The dictionary recently revised its definition of vaccine to be more detailed — and it didn’t eliminate the portion that deals with immunity. The updated definition says that vaccines stimulate the ...