punditocracy
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- noun
- /ˌpʌndɪˈtɒkrəsi/
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punditocracia
- The punditocracy often shapes public opinions about major political events.
Examples
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Sanandaji, unlike the anti-intellectual GOP punditocracy, actually went through exit poll data to reach his conclusions.
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Maude: The Punditocracy's biases are quite peculiar.
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Oh, how things have changed now that he has joined the punditocracy.
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As for the punditocracy, I think Amanda put her finger on it with this:
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The punditocracy has been begging Obama to fight with Hillary for months.
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As election season slides into its final stretch, some members of the punditocracy, from lack of sleep and abuse of caffeine, start to lose their minds.
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Among the punditocracy, however, the confusion is deliberate and malicious as it threatens their agenda of controlling people.
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Inevitable comparisons to Obamacare were made by the punditocracy, suggesting that government-linked agencies.
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That's why they've done all they could to co-opt the corporate-owned media and the punditocracy.
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It's disingenuous for Democratic Party operatives and their allies in the punditocracy to act as if the move of the court to the right is solely the doing of evil Republicans.
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Synonyms
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A group of journalists and writers who regularly discuss and analyze public events
How Influential
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Etymology
Punditocracy joins pundit and -ocracy. Pundit comes from Hindi 'pandit' meaning 'learned person' and -ocracy, as in democracy, means 'rule' or 'power', so punditocracy is the 'rule' of commentators or experts who shape public opinion.