Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Dictionary.com names 'complicit' its word of the year for 2017
Another unpleasant year they seem to have had in the USA. After xenophobia, meaning extreme dislike or fear of foreigners, their customs or religions, in 2016, the word “complicit” was chosen as the word of the year. Its noun form, complicity, maybe a little more popular than complicit, an adjective, but neither word is used popularly by many.
Complicity means being involved with others in an illegal or unethical activity. Synonyms are involvement, conspiracy or collaboration.
Complicit is an adjective, and it means associated with, involved in, or knowing about such activity.
Why was this word chosen? It seems that both xenophobia and complicit implicate the current public sentiment in America associated with the incumbent President.
Enjoy reading and thinking if you’d like to add this word to your vocabulary bank.
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