| 释义 |
punditocracy, n. Chiefly U.S. Polit.
Brit. |ˌpʌndɪˈtɒkrəsi|, U.S. |ˌpəndəˈtɑkrəsi|
[‹ pundit n. + -ocracy comb. form.]
Elite members of the news media, typically seen as having political power in their own right. Cf. commentariat n.
1987M. Kinsley in Wall St. Jrnl. 10 Sept. 33/1 This analysis comes from..the Washington punditocracy, including leading conservative sages whose concern for the health of the Democratic Party is, let us say, problematic. 1993New York 21 June 16/2 The punditocracy can be an arrogant, blinkered lot, given to singing from the same conventional sheet music. 2003National Post (Toronto) 20 May a16/1 The anti-Anaheim drumbeat has since been taken up by hockey's print punditocracy.
Derivatives. punditocratic adj.
1992New Republic 23 Nov. 44/1 The *punditocratic blurring of statecraft and newscraft is exactly what Alterman most passionately despises. 2001Publishers Weekly 12 Mar. 70/1 Together these ideas and their progeny are called pragmatism..and that has been generating a lot of academic and punditocratic interest again recently. |