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commentariat noun. Pundits, experts, analysts, and other commentators.

Example Citation:
"The polls showed that people did not trust [Clinton], even more than they did not trust him the week before; but they still supported him. It could only be a matter of time, official Washington was deciding, before the proletariat caught up with the Commentariat."
—Andrew Marshall, "Fourteen Days That...Shook the President," The Independent (London)

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Subject Category:
Culture - Media and Journalism

Posted on September 23, 1998 at 8:49 PM


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