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

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

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Category : Miscellaneous Published on: January 22 2022

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  • The Oxford University Press (OUP) has picked up ‘Anxiety’ as the Children’s Word of the Year 2021, based on their recent research.
  • Apart from “anxiety” (21%), “Challenging” (19%), “isolate” (14%), “Wellbeing” (13%), and “resilience” (12%) were the children’s top five words.
  • In 2020, ‘Coronavirus’ was the Children’s Word of the Year by OUP.
  • Eight thousand children in the UK were surveyed and asked to choose the words they would use when talking about health and wellbeing. 
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