commentariat
noun
com·men·tar·i·at ˌkä-mən-ˈter-ē-at 
-ē-ˌat
: a group of powerful and influential commentators : punditocracy
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Then, still in Asia, but on a more deadly footing, if the Western commentariat is to be believed, China is preparing an assault on Taiwan, and looking to learn from Russia’s military errors in this regard. 
Mike O'sullivan, Forbes, 2 July 2022 But the Asian commentariat is wrong on the one metric that really matters to the region: economics. Vasuki Shastry, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022 In fact, Bezos seems typical of much of the American commentariat in viewing teachers through the same lens as an Amazon worker: invisible, essential, marginalized, at the mercy of scores, on whom everything depends and everything can be blamed. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022 Soccer’s commentariat chewed over the idea’s merits. New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022 Three specious suggestions being made in the commentariat, particularly by Trump apologists, should be dismissed. Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 15 Sep. 2021 The news that the Consumer Price Index rose 4.2 percent in the twelve months ending in April has shocked the financial commentariat. Alexander William Salter, National Review, 14 May 2021 The liberal legal commentariat should stand back and let the master operate. Noah Feldman, Star Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021 To much of India’s commentariat, Mr Goswami’s case represented not a test of freedom so much as a test of power. The Economist, 28 Nov. 2020 See More
Mike O'sullivan, Forbes, 2 July 2022 But the Asian commentariat is wrong on the one metric that really matters to the region: economics. Vasuki Shastry, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022 In fact, Bezos seems typical of much of the American commentariat in viewing teachers through the same lens as an Amazon worker: invisible, essential, marginalized, at the mercy of scores, on whom everything depends and everything can be blamed. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2022 Soccer’s commentariat chewed over the idea’s merits. New York Times, 14 Jan. 2022 Three specious suggestions being made in the commentariat, particularly by Trump apologists, should be dismissed. Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 15 Sep. 2021 The news that the Consumer Price Index rose 4.2 percent in the twelve months ending in April has shocked the financial commentariat. Alexander William Salter, National Review, 14 May 2021 The liberal legal commentariat should stand back and let the master operate. Noah Feldman, Star Tribune, 17 Mar. 2021 To much of India’s commentariat, Mr Goswami’s case represented not a test of freedom so much as a test of power. The Economist, 28 Nov. 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
commentator + -ariat (in proletariat)
First Known Use
1993, in the meaning defined above
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