punditocracy

noun

pun·​dit·​oc·​ra·​cy ˌpən-dət-ˈä-krə-sē 

plural punditocracies

: a group of powerful and influential political commentators

Examples of punditocracy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Still, Beck has never regained his place near the top of the conservative punditocracy. — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2023

Over the weekend, this nonsensical characterization of the widest-ranging and most expensive spending bill in American history metastasized among the liberal punditocracy. — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 3 Oct. 2021

Both presidents tapped into a populistic impulse among voters and their interpreters in the punditocracy who want nothing more than for the United States to declare the nation’s overseas commitments won and done. — Noah Rothman, National Review, 26 Aug. 2021

If Tanden’s critics have a beef about her administrative skills or qualifications to head the OMB, that’s been barely visible during her confirmation hearings or within the Washington punditocracy. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2021

And second place is meaningful by the unwritten measuring sticks that the punditocracy creates. — New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020

Word History

Etymology

pundit + -cracy

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for punditocracy

• aristocracy
• meritocracy
• autocracy
• bureaucracy
• democracy
• hypocrisy
• plutocracy
• theocracy