Trump’s presidential victory causes a spike in searches for ‘fascism’
Merriam-Webster, arguably the most reliable dictionary and thesaurus of American English, revealed on Sunday that the most searched word on its website is currently “fascism,” with “misogyny,” “bigot,” “xenophobe” and “racism” on the rise too. 📈 Top lookups right now, in order:fascismbigotxenophoberacismsocialismresurgencexenophobiamisogynyhttps://t.co/Y1nrjCtOWq — Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) November 13, 2016 As noted by Gizmodo, searches for “fascism” also spiked on Google Trends the day Donald Trump was named President-elect. Though currently unclear why, I’m guessing it has something to do with the flurry of stories circling the web attempting to answer the question, “Is Trump a fascist?” It certainly looks as though these words — together with a…
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