Words at Play : 2014 Word of the Year
Lookups for feminism were strong throughout the year, with particular spikes following the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision, discussions on women in the video games industry, and the announcement of TIME's list of 100 Most Influential People – a list including Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus, and Pharrell Williams. TIME's claim that 2014 was the "year of pop feminism" sent many people to the dictionary.
The campus shootings in Santa Barbara were followed by the discovery of a manifesto expressing hatred of women, which led to broader conversations about misogyny and feminism.
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