After much discussion, debate, and research, the Oxford Dictionaries
Word of the Year 2016 is:
post-truth
an adjective defined as 'relating to or denoting circumstances in
which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion
than appeals to emotion and personal belief'.
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