At Does Pundit Mean?

1 : pandit. 2 : a learned person : teacher. 3 : a person who gives opinions in an authoritative manner usually through the mass media : critic.

What exactly is a pundit?

A pundit is a person who offers to mass media opinion or commentary on a particular subject area (most typically politics, the social sciences, technology or sport).

Is there such a word as pundit?

When we talk about a pundit, we are referring to someone who comments or opines on a subject. The word also implies that the person is an authority or expert on a particular subject matter. ... Pundit comes from the Hindi pandit. And pandit was derived from the Sanskrit pandita, which means “a learned man or scholar.”