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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In a chapter from Alan Sepinwall’s upcoming oral history of the show (excerpted in Vanity Fair) the cast, crew, production, and Television Without Pity commentariat all discuss the reasons Mischa Barton was essentially fired from The O.C. — and why, in hindsight, those reasons sucked.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2023
While there are legitimate questions being asked of AI right now, there also is predictably little analysis from the mainstream tech commentariat on how this ever-burgeoning technology benefits the disability community.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
But—at least for the Washington commentariat—what was more notable was that America’s fingerprints were nowhere near the deal.
—Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
These are the underlying questions in Nike’s Big Bet, a new documentary by Paul Kemp which draws on interviews with several prominent members of the running commentariat to revisit the details of the Salazar case.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 18 May 2021
If anything, Kipchoge’s dominance has created the opposite problem for the running commentariat: What more can be said about someone who seems to win every race, in an event where that kind of consistency isn’t supposed to be possible?
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2023
Meanwhile, opposition to the use of force in Congress, at the White House, in the Pentagon, and among the foreign policy commentariat was overwhelming.
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
The report sheds further light on some of the narratives that have recently swirled among the political commentariat: the idea, for example, that Republicans are making gains with Hispanic voters, who have historically supported Democrats.
—Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
What Jain and Split Ticket hope to bring to the political conversation is a retrospective look at political outcomes which cuts against the typical postmortems from the commentariat.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 13 June 2023
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2023
While there are legitimate questions being asked of AI right now, there also is predictably little analysis from the mainstream tech commentariat on how this ever-burgeoning technology benefits the disability community.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
But—at least for the Washington commentariat—what was more notable was that America’s fingerprints were nowhere near the deal.
—Blaise Malley, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
These are the underlying questions in Nike’s Big Bet, a new documentary by Paul Kemp which draws on interviews with several prominent members of the running commentariat to revisit the details of the Salazar case.
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 18 May 2021
If anything, Kipchoge’s dominance has created the opposite problem for the running commentariat: What more can be said about someone who seems to win every race, in an event where that kind of consistency isn’t supposed to be possible?
—Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2023
Meanwhile, opposition to the use of force in Congress, at the White House, in the Pentagon, and among the foreign policy commentariat was overwhelming.
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
The report sheds further light on some of the narratives that have recently swirled among the political commentariat: the idea, for example, that Republicans are making gains with Hispanic voters, who have historically supported Democrats.
—Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
What Jain and Split Ticket hope to bring to the political conversation is a retrospective look at political outcomes which cuts against the typical postmortems from the commentariat.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 13 June 2023
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Word History
Etymology
commentator + -ariat (in proletariat)
First Known Use
1993, in the meaning defined above
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“Commentariat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/commentariat. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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