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

The Oxford University Press has declared ‘Anxiety’ as Children’s Word of the Year 2021. 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.