Oxford¹ Dictionaries has declared "post-truth" as its 2016 international word of the year, reflecting what it called a "highly-charged" political 12 months. 

 

《牛津词典》宣布post-truth（后真相）为2016年度词汇，这个词反应了这一年政治领域“高度紧张”的状态。

 

It is defined as an adjective relating to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential² in shaping public opinion than emotional appeals. 

 

Its selection follows June's Brexit vote and the US presidential election. 

 

Oxford Dictionaries' Casper Grathwohl said post-truth could become "one of the defining words of our time". 

 

Post-truth, which has become associated with the phrase "post-truth politics", was chosen ahead of other political terms, including "Brexiteer" and "alt-right". 

 

Oxford Dictionaries says post-truth is thought to have been first used in 1992.

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