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commentariat

noun

Etymology

Probably a blend of commentary + proletariat, perhaps after proprietariat and salariat. Perhaps compare also secretariat.

  1. derived from *h₂el-✻ — “to grow, nourish”
  2. derived from proletārius
  3. borrowed from prolétariat
  4. compounded as commentariat — “commentary + proletariat”

Definitions

  1. All the pundits and commentators of the news media collectively.

    • From Boston, a man who finally joined the commentariat by making his debut on CNBC’s Hardball, Esquire Magazine writer-at-large, Charlie Pierce!
    • The world, of course, is seen by the commentariat as a side issue, yet another diversion from his real work, which is to answer whatever questions they see fit to pose.
    • As the dust settles on the Supreme Court’s cataclysmically destabilizing term, a very persistent question has bubbled up among the law professor commentariat: How the hell are we going to teach all this?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA