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The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.
Thomas Babington Macaulay

Meaning of "fourth estate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOURTH ESTATE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOURTH ESTATE

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Fourth estate is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FOURTH ESTATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Fourth Estate

The Fourth Estate is a societal or political force or institution whose influence is not consistently or officially recognized. "Fourth Estate" most commonly refers to the news media; especially print journalism or "the press". Thomas Carlyle attributed the origin of the term to Edmund Burke, who used it in a parliamentary debate in 1787 on the opening up of press reporting of the House of Commons of Great Britain. Earlier writers have applied the term to lawyers, to the British queens consort, and to the proletariat. The term makes implicit reference to the earlier division of the three Estates of the Realm.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOURTH ESTATE

foursquareness
fourteen
Fourteen Points
fourteener
fourteenth
fourteenthly
fourth
fourth dimension
fourth finger
fourth form
fourth grade
Fourth International
Fourth of July
Fourth Republic
Fourth World
fourth-class
fourth-dimensional
fourth-grader
fourth-rate
fourthly

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOURTH ESTATE

chief of state
city-state
constate
crown estate
estate
facilitate
housing estate
industrial estate
interstate
lie in state
out-of-state
outstate
prostate
real estate
secretary of state
solid-state
state
steady state
testate
tri-state
upstate

Synonyms and antonyms of fourth estate in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fourth estate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOURTH ESTATE

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Translator English - Chinese

第四权
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuarto poder
570 millions of speakers

English

fourth estate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चौथे स्तंभ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرابعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

четвертая власть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quarto poder
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চতুর্থ এস্টেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quatrième pouvoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Harta pusaka keempat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vierte Gewalt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

言論界
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

넷째 부동산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Estate sekawan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bất động thứ tư
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நான்காவது எஸ்டேட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चौथी मालमत्ता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dördüncü emlak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quarto potere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czwarty nieruchomości
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

четверта влада
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

al patrulea imobiliare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τέταρτο estate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vierde boedel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tredje statsmakten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fjerde statsmakt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fourth estate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOURTH ESTATE»

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

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QUOTES WITH «FOURTH ESTATE»

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Thomas Babington Macaulay
The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOURTH ESTATE»

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Reviving the Fourth Estate: Democracy, Accountability and ...
Schultz argues for a revival of the fourth estate based on journalistic independence and poltical autonomy, together with increased accountability and responsiveness.
Julianne Schultz, 1998
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The Fourth Estate: A History of Women in the Middle Ages
In this wide-ranging study Shulamith Shahar considers this and the whole question of the varying attitudes to women and their status in western Europe between the twelfth and the fifteenth centuries.
Shulamith Shahar, 2003
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The Fourth Estate
One man’s rescue is another man’s ruin in this epic novel about the battle to control the world’s largest newspaper empire from international bestselling author JEFFREY ARCHER Richard Armstrong narrowly escaped Hitler’s atrocities ...
Jeffrey Archer, 2013
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Building the Fourth Estate: Democratization and the Rise of ...
Based on an in-depth examination of Mexico's print and broadcast media over the last twenty-five years, this book is the most richly detailed account available of the role of the media in democratization, demonstrating the reciprocal ...
Chappell H. Lawson, Joseph Chappell H. Lawson, 2002
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Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism
This compilation of personal essays by some of South Africa's top journalists explores a range of perspectives within "the fourth estate"—from the editor's chair to the travel writer's airplane seat to the news journalist's foxhole.
Adrian Hadland, 2005
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End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate
Muckrakers pronounce corporate journalism dead. Read all about it!
Alexander Cockburn, Jeffrey St. Clair, 2007
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Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, ...
Thirty Third Year THE FOURTH ESTATE \ : th LEFOURT URTH ESTATE TH JRTH ES' \fo\jfC[ ^ Newspaper for the Makers of Newspapers and the National Advertiser \ ^"i/W LTH ES' F^j tTE THE FOURTH ESTATF/TIIK FOURTH F.ST ATE THE ...
Frank H. Lancaster, Ernest F. Birmingham, 1926
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First Ladies and the Fourth Estate: Press Framing of ...
In First Ladies and the Fourth Estate, Burns analyzes the coverage of presidents’ wives in five leading newspapers and magazines—The New York Times, The Washington Post, Ladies’ Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, and McCall’s—to ...
Lisa M. Burns, 2008
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Warrior of the Fourth Estate: Ramnath Goenka of the Express
This Book Has All The Excitement Of A Roller-Coaster Ride As It Takes The Reader Through The Extraordinary Twists And Turns Of Fortune That Characterized Ramnath Goenka S Life, Including Scandals And Scoops, Fiery Public Campaigns, Dramatic ...
B. G. Verghese, 2005
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Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars
At its apex, several hundred periodicals were published by and for inmates. Unlike their peers who passed their sentences stamping out license plates, these convicts spent their days like reporters in any community-looking for the story.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOURTH ESTATE»

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Best holiday reads 2015
I'm looking forward to Claire Lowdon's novel, Left of the Bang (Fourth Estate £14.99): she's a fresh and sharp-minded writer. And I've always ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Chris Christie goes to billionaire summer camp at Sun Valley summit
As reporter Brett Lang writes: 'Google could be plotting to annex Minnesota without the Fourth Estate catching wind of it.' Barry Diller told ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: A disturbing new threat to our freedom
... turned into a major political issue by the Leveson Inquiry and the growing desire by the powerful to tame and neutralise the Fourth Estate. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
The Alan Rusbridger Masterclass: Full Transcript
Alan Rusbridger: If you believe that journalism is not the same as politics, that we are a separate state, the fourth estate, but nevertheless I went ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
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A writer in search of a novel: Author Anis Shivani on how he came to …
... authenticity,” says the 40-something Pakistani writer, whose novel Karachi Raj (Fourth Estate) was published last month to generous reviews. «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
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Beyond The Fourth Estate
But now the foundation is moving beyond the Fourth Estate to the fundamental purpose of journalism itself: community engagement. “We seek ... «Financial Advisor Magazine, Jul 15»
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Sun Valley: Media Consolidation Is Coming, but After the Private …
... security is so tight at the mountainside retreat that Google could be plotting to annex Minnesota without the Fourth Estate catching wind of it. «Variety, Jul 15»
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Forever Young review: Steven Carroll's richly but delicately textured …
Fourth Estate, $29.99. Buy now on Booktopia. When Michael, son of Vic and Rita in Steven Carroll's "Glenroy trilogy", left for France in the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Top 10 bestsellers in independent bookshops
9 All the Light We Cannot See ANTHONY DOERR, FOURTH ESTATE, $29.99. Winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction. 10 The Mandalas ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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A couple of reasons why Hillary is not Evita
The former first lady, secretary of State and New York senator doesn't have time for the Fourth Estate because she is a woman of the people. «American Thinker, Jul 15»

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