0 a person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is therefore often asked to give an opinion about it:
1 a person who knows a lot about a particular subject, or someone who gives opinions in a way that sounds intelligent or wise:
2 someone who is an expert on a subject and often speaks or writes about it:
Some pundits charged that the military's complete decay, especially the cowardice and incompetence of its commanders, had precipitated the debacle of 1847.
Policymakers, pundits, and professors have long debated the merits and demerits of such a proposal.
Political pundits are another example of journalists who become part of the news product.
However, pragmatics not pundits may have the last word.
They had refused to leave home for the safe haven of a shelter, to the dismay of media pundits and authorities.
While pundits came out to watch, millenarians stayed at home.
There remain some pundits for whom the consideration of cost is unacceptable however expressed.
The outcome of the 1994 mid-term congressional elections caught many politicians, pundits, incumbents and scholars by surprise.
