A word describing what it feels like to live amidst a war, inflation, and political instability has been chosen as the Collins Dictionary word of the year. Permacrisis crowned by the dictionary reflects what a turbulent year 2022 has been.
Managing director of Collins Learning, Alex Beecroft, aptly said that the word “sums up quite succinctly how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people”. The word was part of Collin's annual list which compiles 10 phrases or which "reflect our ever-evolving language and the preoccupations of those who use it".
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