commentariat

All the pundits and commentators of the news media collectively.

Noun

  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! - 2000 January 22, Peter Sagal, “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”, in National...
    • 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. - 2010, Mungo MacCallum, The Monthly, April 2010,...
    • 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? - 2024, G. S....

    Synonyms: punditariat

Origin

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

Forms

commentariats