commentariat

noun

com·​men·​tar·​i·​at ˌkä-mən-ˈter-ē-at 

-ē-ˌat

: a group of powerful and influential commentators : punditocracy

Examples of commentariat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some of Rousseau’s defenders in the Canadian commentariat have raised fair questions about whether the CEO of a global business really needs to speak French; whether such a requirement narrows the talent pool too much; and whether any of this should even be the government’s business. —Phil Wahba, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026

This anxiety is not confined to the commentariat. —Yi-Ling Liu, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026

The cool heads in the room, the commentariat, warned against the glorification of Bushnell, framing him as a wayward serviceman whose penchant for extremism had been burnished, in childhood, in a strict and isolated Community of Jesus compound. —Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2026

The commentariat’s shortcomings have ranged from wild speculation about the people involved in the shooting, to amateur video analysis of shaky cellphone footage, to commentators with no legal background or understanding expounding upon the legality of ICE’s actions. —Becket Adams, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2026

Word History

Etymology

commentator + -ariat (in proletariat)

First Known Use

1993, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for commentariat

• albeit