commentariat

noun

com·men·tar·i·at ˌkä-mən-ˈter-ē-at

-ē-ˌat

: a group of powerful and influential commentators : punditocracy

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As China’s economic growth once again took off, its success seemed so staggering that the commentariat increasingly treated China’s bifurcation of political and economic liberalization as inevitable and natural. —

Julian Gewirtz, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2022 The tech commentariat surely won’t be satisfied until Apple makes a trapezoidal iPhone soon. —

Steven Aquino, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024 The narrative of who won, the kind of groupthink of the commentariat, gets endlessly discussed in the days after the debate — and, in this case, that narrative is: Harris won by effectively baiting Trump. —

Andrew Prokop, Vox, 11 Sep. 2024 Perhaps the best example to date is the word Benghazi, unfailingly uttered by a certain segment of the right-wing commentariat as an almost reflexive response to mere mention of Hillary Clinton. —

Matthew Kirschenbaum, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for commentariat