Dictionary.com chooses the adjective "existential," meaning vital, to represent a challenging 2019.

Dictionary says that the world has faced many serious problems in 2019, causing the site to choose "existential" as the word of the year to describe "the feeling of struggling with the survival of the planet, of the very ones." relatives and way of life ".

"What's going on? What does it mean? How long will humans survive if the planet is burned?" Explains the Dictionary. "This word provokes us to answer big questions about who we are and what our goals are in the face of various challenges, it reminds us that we can make choices about our life through the way we answer these questions. "

Dictionary says over the past year, the number of searches for "vital" has skyrocketed following events related to climate change and natural disasters, gun violence and democratic organizations.

Following the shooting that killed 22 people in El Paso, Texas, USA, in August, a local official once said that "words are increasingly making a vital impact in the society of we".

In addition, US presidential candidate Joe Biden also mentioned the word "existential" when referring to President Donald Trump as "a vital threat to the United States".

"One thing is for sure, Biden's use of existential words has increased the search volume by more than 1,000%," Dictionary said.

Last year, the site chose the word "misinformation" as the word of the year and called on people to take action to combat the spread of misinformation.

The word "complicit" was chosen as the word for 2017, while the word "xenophobia" (xenophobia) is the word for 2016.