commentariat

noun

com·​men·​tar·​i·​at ˌkä-mən-ˈter-ē-at How to pronounce commentariat (audio)
-ē-ˌat
: a group of powerful and influential commentators : punditocracy

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Hence, expectations of his return seem subdued in the Russian media and commentariat. Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2025 Yet these complaints ring hollow in the mouths of a commentariat that spent the election season boasting that Kamala Harris’s centrism was working. Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 Is this what the ‘70s meant by the New Math? All of which is a roundabout way of saying that context matters, and while the people who actually have skin in the ratings game know what the deliveries are worth, much of the commentariat is more or less clueless. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Dec. 2024 There is outrage in the commentariat, yet Trump and his lawyers are spinning this development as a great victory. Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for commentariat 

Word History

Etymology

commentator + -ariat (in proletariat)

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of commentariat was in 1993

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“Commentariat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commentariat. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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