Oxford University Press declared ‘Anxiety’ as Children’s Word of the Year 2021

Oxford University Press declared ‘Anxiety’ as Children’s Word of the Year 2021

Question: Which word has been chosen as the Oxford University Press Children’s Word of the Year 2021?
(a) Pandemic
(b) Anxiety
(c) Apprehension
(d) Challenging
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:

  • The Oxford University Press has picked up ‘Anxiety’ as the Children’s Word of the Year 2021, based on their recent research.
  • The word was selected based on a survey conducted on around 8,000 children aged 7-14 from 85 schools in the United Kingdom, who were asked to choose the words they most often used while talking about health and wellbeing.
  • Apart from “anxiety” (21%), “Challenging” (19%), “isolate” (14%), “Wellbeing” (13%) and “resilience” (12%) were the children’s top five words.

BY: AMIT GUPTA

Reference: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/18/uk-children-pick-anxiety-as-their-word-of-2021