'Climate Emergency' Is Oxford Dictionary's Word Of The Year

Oxford Dictionaries defined the 'climate emergency' as 바카라�a situation in which urgent action is required to reduce or halt climate change and avoid potentially irreversible environmental damage resulting from it.바카라�

The Word of the Year citation is intended to highlight 바카라�a word or expression shown through usage evidence to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year, and have lasting potential as a term of cultural significance,바카라� The New York Times .

Some of the recent Words of the Year include 바카라�toxic,바카라� 바카라�youthquake,바카라� 바카라�post-truth바카라� and 바카라�vape.바카라�

바카라�When we were looking through the evidence, it was just clear that issues relating to the climate were running through all the different lexical items we were working with,바카라� Katherine Connor Martin, an editor at Oxford Dictionaries, was quoted as saying. 바카라�It reflects it was a real preoccupation of the English-speaking world in 2019.바카라�

According to the , 'climate' became the most common word associated with 바카라�emergency바카라� in 2019, three times more than 바카라�health emergency바카라� in second.

The Guardian updated its style guide in May this year to state that "climate emergency" and "global heating" would be preferred over "climate change" and "global warming", respectively. The move was aimed at reflecting the scientific consensus that this was 바카라�a catastrophe for humanity바카라�.

In 2019, "climate emergencies바카라� were declared hundreds of times in many parts of the globe.

바카라�Climate emergency바카라� beat the words 바카라�climate crisis바카라�, 바카라�climate action바카라�, 바카라�climate denial바카라�, 바카라�extinction바카라�, 바카라�flight shame바카라�, 바카라�global heating바카라� and 바카라�plant-based바카라�, which were on the shortlist.

The dictionary바카라�s word of the year is chosen to 바카라�reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year바카라� and should have 바카라�lasting potential as a term of cultural significance바카라�.