The compilers of the explanatory dictionary in English Collins English Dictionary were chosen by the word 2022 “Permacrisis”. A message about this is published on the dictionary website.
The term is a derivative of permanent (constant) and crisis (crisis) and denotes “a long period of instability and uncertainty.”
According to researchers, this is one of several words characterizing the ongoing crises, political instability, the war in Ukraine, a change in climate and an increase in the cost of life that the world faces in 2022.