Many have proposed different words to define 2020. Most of the choices are about what happened and refer to the pandemic that hit us. the most chosen also on the basis of the words searched on the web are: Lockdown chosen by Collins Dictionary, Pandemic by Merriam Webster while for Cambridge Dictionary it is Quarantine and for Oxford Language it is not possible to choose only one.
I personally agree with Arianna Huffington in choosing Resilience as the word of the year. She wrote:
“The reason “resilience” is my word of the year is because, unlike quarantine and coronavirus and social distancing, resilience is the only one that’s going to be just as relevant when the pandemic is over. Resilience is the quality that was summoned in us by all the challenges of 2020. And it’s also the quality that’s going to carry us forward into 2021.
Resilience is often spoken about — including in the Oxford dictionary definition — in terms of navigating or simply getting through challenges. But the key part of resilience isn’t about bouncing back, it’s about bouncing forward. It’s about using adversity as a catalyst to get better and become stronger.”
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