释义 |
punditocracy noun[ S ] mainly USdisapprovinguk /ˌpʌn.dɪˈtɒk.rə.si/ us /ˌpʌn.dəˈtɑːk.rə.si/ the people who know a lot about something, especially politics, and often give their opinions about it in the media(= the internet, newspapers, magazines, television, etc.), considered as a group : The punditocracy is split over the political consequences of the vote. About a month into the campaign, Washington's punditocracy decided that America was losing the war. His bluntness was unattractive to the media, the professional punditocracy, and many ordinary voters. If reporters become extinct, all newspapers will have left is an ignorant punditocracy. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Experts and specialists academician artist authority boffin child prodigy doyenne know something inside outidiom lapidary Latin Americanist literati maven savant semiotician skilled smart money sports scientist whizz wonder wonderkid wunderkind
Related word
pundit |