Leanne Italie is reporting for the Associated Press Merriam-Webster's 2017 word of the year is "feminism." Lookups for feminism increased 70 percent over 2016 at Merriam-Webster.com and spiked several times after key events, such as the Women's March on Washington and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, the company’s editor at large said. Feminism has been in Merriam-Webster’s annual Top 10 for the last few years, including sharing word-of-the-year honors in 2015 with socialism, fascism, racism, communism, capitalism and terrorism. The roots of the word are in the Latin for "woman" and the word "female," dating to 14th century England. The first dictionary reference to "feminism" was made by Noah Webster in 1841. Dictionary [dot] com chose "complicit" as its word of the year in November. Read the full story in the Daily Freeman.