fourth estate
Use Fourth estate in a sentencefourth estate
noun (often initial capital letters)
1.
the journalistic profession or its members; the press.
2.
a group other than the usual powers, as the three estates of France, that wields influence in the politics of a country.
Origin:
1830–40
1830–40
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| fourth estate | |
| —n | |
| (sometimes capitals) See estate journalists or their profession; the press | |
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Word Origin & History
fourth estate
"the press," 1837, first recorded in writings of Carlyle, though he said it was not original to him (perhaps in use from c.1823). For the other three, see estate. Earlier the term had been applied in various senses that did not stick, including "the mob" (1752).
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Example sentences
At the center of the social construction and interpretation of education sits the fourth estate.
Journalism ethics reside in publications and more broadly within the idea of the fourth estate.
Most folks tend to side with the fourth estate and do not take into account their slapdash work.
Neither is a model anyone with a desire to preserve the fourth estate should strive to emulate.
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