commentariat

/ ˌkɒmənˈtɛərɪæt /

noun

1. the journalists and broadcasters who analyse and comment on current affairs

Word History and Origins

Origin of commentariat¹

C20: from _commentator + _proletariat

Example Sentences

The commentariat appears to have no idea that the VIX almost always moves in the opposite direction of stocks, particularly around unexpected declines.

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I’ve been on the lefty side of Twitter long enough to see the commentariat grow absolutely furious with some of your colleagues.

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By the time the trial got going in earnest, however, the commentariat had moved on—outside of an early-2024 Law & Order: SVU episode loosely based on the case—while Lee’s family and friends bore the fallout from this tragedy.

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In December, paparazzi captured her in a bikini, and the online commentariat did what it always does: spun a woman’s changing body into a morality play.

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They should not fall into the narrative trap, pushed by a certain subset of the center-left commentariat for months now, that the way forward with young voters is to move right on issue after issue.

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