fourth estate

Speech parts

1. fourth estate - Noun

2. fourth estate - Phrase

Meaning

the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

journalism Fleet Street reportage media papers photojournalism printing press news media print media newsworthiness

Hypernyms

estate estate of the realm the three estates

Examples

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

While the galleries were all applausive of heart, and the Fourth Estate looked with eyes enlightened, as if you had touched its lips with a staff dipped in honey,-I have sat with reflections too ghastly to be uttered. Thomas Carlyle

According to WPV, the media, as the Fourth Estate of the Realm, must not allow itself to be used as a tool that will ignite political, ethnic and religious violence. Source: Internet

Francis Wheen, Karl Marx: A Life, (Fourth Estate, 1999), ISBN 1-85702-637-3 In contrast to her husband, Henrietta retained her Jewish faith. Source: Internet

The Fourth Estate, historically reputed as the chamber of journalists and publishers keeping an eye on elected officials, received a blast of oxygen with the arrival of WikiLeaks. Source: Internet

In modern society, "prestige" journalism is said to serve the role of a " fourth estate ", acting as a watchdog on the workings of the government. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

fourth estate

Close letter words and terms

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