The word 'Feminism' has been declared as the most searched word by leading dictionary 'Merriam-Webster'. The bulk of searches about the word shot up because 2017 saw many news reports and events that pinned interest in the idea of the term for many.

The dictionary Merriam-Webster has offered the 'Word of the Year' honor on the word or term with the finest spike in look-ups over the past year. This year the dictionary published a 70 percent increase in online searches for that what is feminism word is actually? The research all started with when Donald Trump being elected as the US president even after more than a dozen women spoke about being sexually harassed by him over the years. 

His election was accompanied by a huge number of unprecedented worldwide protests. The word not only hit hard on the social and political front but also the fashion scene with fashion-influencers donning slogan T-shirts that had feminism written all over them. Among others, box-office smash 'Wonder Woman' too was another reason that made people search the term. 

Feminism is not a man-hating scheme and the world seems to have finally understood that. And today as women, that is why we rejoice!