(CNN) In the year of the #MeToo movement, it's no surprise that Merriam-Webster dictionary's word of the year for 2017 is "feminism."

Merriam-Webster said "feminism" was the most looked-up word in its online dictionary, with the term generating 70% more searches than last year.

Those spikes in interest were tied to several major events dealing with women's issues this year.

In January, the word spiked after the Women's March in Washington (with "sister marches" around the world), held the day after President Donald Trump's inauguration.

The word spiked again in late February, after White House adviser Kellyanne Conway told the Conservative Political Action Conference that it was hard for her to call herself a feminist "because it seems to be very anti-male and very pro-abortion in this context."

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