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Sometimes I suspect most of the media commentariat are suffering from Munchausen syndrome.
Rebekah Brooks

Meaning of "commentariat" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COMMENTARIAT

From commentator + proletariat.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COMMENTARIAT

commentariat  [ˌkɒmənˈtɛərɪæt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMENTARIAT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Commentariat is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMMENTARIAT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chattering classes

The chattering classes is a generally derogatory term first coined by Auberon Waugh often used by pundits and political commentators to refer to a politically active, socially concerned and 'highly' educated section of the "metropolitan middle class", especially those with political, media, and academic connections.

Definition of commentariat in the English dictionary

The definition of commentariat in the dictionary is the journalists and broadcasters who analyse and comment on current affairs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMMENTARIAT


floreat
ˈflɒrɪæt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMMENTARIAT

commensality
commensally
commensurability
commensurable
commensurably
commensurate
commensurately
commensurateness
commensuration
comment
commentarial
commentaries
commentary
commentary box
commentate
commentation
commentator
commentatorial
commenter
commentor

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMMENTARIAT

Buriat
commissariat
lariat
lumpenproletariat
professoriat
proletariat
prothonotariat
protonotariat
salariat
secretariat
shariat
sheriat
subproletariat
subsidiariat
the subsidiariat

Synonyms and antonyms of commentariat in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «commentariat» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMMENTARIAT

Find out the translation of commentariat to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of commentariat from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «commentariat» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

评论家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

commentariat
570 millions of speakers

English

commentariat
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टिप्पणीकारों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

commentariat
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

commentariat
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

comentaristas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

commentariat
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

commentariat
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Commentariat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

commentariat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

評論家
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

commentariat
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Komentar
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

commentariat
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வர்ணனையாளர் தொகுப்பின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टिप्पणीगार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

commentariat
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

commentatori
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

commentariat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

commentariat
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

commentariat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

commentariat
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

commentariat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

commentariat
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

commentariat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of commentariat

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMENTARIAT»

The term «commentariat» is normally little used and occupies the 115.264 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMENTARIAT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «commentariat» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «commentariat» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about commentariat

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QUOTES WITH «COMMENTARIAT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word commentariat.
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Rebekah Brooks
Sometimes I suspect most of the media commentariat are suffering from Munchausen syndrome.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMENTARIAT»

Discover the use of commentariat in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to commentariat and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Case for the Lead Codices: The Mystery of the Sealed Books
Encounters. with. the. Cyber. Commentariat. Dr. Keith. Hearne. (BSc,. MSc,. PhD). Psychologist Dr Keith Hearne conducted the world'sfirst sleep laboratory research into 'lucid' dreams for his PhD1 – completed in 1978 at Liverpool University, ...
David Elkington, Jennifer Elkington, 2014
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Creatures of Politics: Media, Message, and the American ...
The commentariat's civic virtue consists in helping you, the consumervoter, choose. Through close, critical readings of candidate behavior toward The Issues , they can infer the “implied voter” (compare this with Iser's “implied reader” [1974] ), ...
Michael Lempert, Michael Silverstein, 2012
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Humbug!: The Skeptic's Field Guide to Spotting Fallacies in ...
Politicians are often characterized as evasive by the browbeating commentariat ( political journalists and commentators). This is ironic. Politicians are circumspect and guarded in their speech because the commentariat is forever on the lookout  ...
Theo Clark, 2005
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Blogging For Dummies
Comment spam is widespread, particularly afflicting blogs with high readership. Spammers use automated programs called spambots to crawl through the blogosphere, leaving junk comments. commentariat: Meant as a term of respect ...
Brad Hill, 2006
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The Pope's Children: The Irish Economic Triumph and the Rise ...
The Commentariat (by which I mean the aristocracy of commentators, opinion makers and editorial writers) seems to have willfully ignored the facts regarding Irish society and the economy. Perhaps they prefer to fight old battles which are ...
David McWilliams, 2011
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Australia—Where to Now?: What Bible prophecy reveals for the ...
AsCliveJames warnedina2006 interview,“There isadanger in Australia constantly of the consensus ofthe commentariat separating too far from the opinion of the people, to the point where the commentariat becomes contemptuous of thepeople ...
Ron Fraser, Philadelphia Church of God, 2013
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The B.S. of A.: A Primer in Politics for the Incredibly ...
COMMENTARIAT. Someday in the future a clever scientist will calculate exactly how much time and energy has been wasted in the comment sections on the Internet, where individuals with nothing to gain from actually doing so engage in  ...
Brian Sack, 2011
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Pillars of Power: Australia's Institutions
Commentariat. Newspapers, in their search for ways to counter the ability of the electronic and new media to produce 'instant' news, have increasingly come to rely on providing their readers with expert or opinionated commentary on the news ...
David Solomon, 2007
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The Perils of Proximity: China-Japan Security Relations
Commentariat”. In the years after Deng Xiaoping returned to power in 1977, intellectuals gradually gained freedom to express themselves on issues of public policy as well as greater confidence that they would not suffer for speaking their ...
Richard C. Bush, 2013
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Starting an IPhone Application Business For Dummies
commentariat. We recommend some ongoing light (or heavy, depending on your interest)reading about the iPhone appmarket through various informationsources : Blogging: Blogscan be everchanging, hereare a few that seem to be on the ...
Aaron Nicholson, Joel Elad, Damien Stolarz, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMENTARIAT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term commentariat is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bill Cosby's defenders validate voice of one over many
Pundits and the online commentariat begged for judgment in the court of law, rather than “the court of public opinion.” It's an impossible request, ... «National Post, Jul 15»
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Imagine what is achievable if more of us left trenches
It may not sit easy with the professional sneerers and the commentariat, but we shouldn't forget that both organisations play an often ignored ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
Mobile Payment, Your Time has Come
The security commentariat was quick to respond to the Apple Pay UK launch news. Some welcome the moved to a biometrically-authenticated ... «Infosecurity Magazine, Jul 15»
4
In Praise of Soccer Moms
The players can tell us what the support of their moms and families means to them, but according to the commentariat, only larger forces can ... «City Journal, Jul 15»
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HANC Meeting On Thursday To Address On-Street Car Share Parking
Ultimately, the program soldiered on amid contentious debate from the Hoodline commentariat. This Thursday, HANC will reopen that particular ... «Hoodline, Jul 15»
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William Saunderson-Meyer
... scathing about commission's “failure to get justice” for the 34 miners killed by the SA Police Service, has been the social media commentariat. «Thought Leader, Jul 15»
7
The Quantum Theory of Presidential Politics
But the political commentariat can't wait for postproduction. Yakkers have to fit each day's events into narratives that can go either way, and they ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Twin triumphs exhilarate south
They wiped from their foreheads the anointments that the commentariat had bestowed on them; one as likely winners the other as underdogs. «Southland Times, Jul 15»
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Are religion and science mutually exclusive?
... be even more interesting than the book itself, but it's a topic which has been a perennial bone of contention among the commentariat here. «Hot Air, Jul 15»
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Chris Churchill: Horse rescue takes heat for charges against Joshua …
The online commentariat concluded that Beyerl was attempting to enrich herself at Rockwood's expense. (There's even a Facebook page ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»

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