FOURTH ESTATE Definition & Meaning

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fourth estate

noun

(often initial capital letters)

the journalistic profession or its members; the press.
a group other than the usual powers, as the three estates of France, that wields influence in the politics of a country.

fourth estate

noun

sometimes capitals journalists or their profession; the press See estate

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Origin of fourth estate¹

First recorded in 1830–40

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We are long overdue for a reintroduction of the guidelines that offered some degree of trust in the fourth estate.

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“That’s the whole value of democracy. You can voice your opinion, but I hope they understand by not subscribing that it just adds to the demise of democracy and the fourth estate,” he told Spectrum.

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Clooney said he wanted to make a movie to let people hear some “really well-written words about the fourth estate again.”

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Alex Garland’s powerful war drama is ostensibly a tribute to the fourth estate.

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And in a media landscape fractured into echo chambers and filter bubbles, the once-mighty fourth estate is no longer able to cut through the noise and hold power to account.

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fourth dimension Fourth International

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