punditry

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Canada, UK, US/ˈpʌn.dɪ.tɹɪ/Australia/ˈpan.dɪ.tɹɪ/

noun

The state of being a pundit.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

nounpunditry (countable and uncountable, plural punditries)

plural punditries

  1. uncountableThe state of being a pundit.
  2. countableThe opinion or advice of a pundit.
  3. uncountableThe behaviour of a pundit.
    1 more example

    Serious times demand honesty and self-awareness from people in positions of authority and, at the end of the day, political parties giving succour to fringe views about life-and-death matters is a Faustian pact. This isn’t speculation, or a serve of two-bit punditry to fuel the opinion cycle. This is the lesson of Donald Trump.

    2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, “Scott Morrison must heed the lesson of Donald Trump and slap down Craig Kelly”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2021

Origin

  1. Sanskritपण्डा (paṇḍā)
  2. Sanskritपण्डित (paṇḍita)
  3. Hindiपंडित (paṇḍit)
  4. Urduپَنْڈِٹ (panḍiṭ)
  5. Englishpundit
  6. Englishpunditry

From pundit + -ry.

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Translations

Czech učenost
  • učenostthe state of being a pundit
Polish uczoność
  • uczonośćthe state of being a pundit
Turkish bilginlik
  • bilginlikthe state of being a pundit
Cite this entry
APA

punditry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punditry

MLA

“punditry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punditry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “punditry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/punditry.

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