The word "pundit" is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word "pandita" meaning "learned."
Today, however, in English the word is usually used in reference to the members of the media commentariat, particularly those more prominent members of the commentariat known to the mainstream.
Given the quality of the comment that we get from the mainstream media it seems fair to say that the word has come to denote the extreme opposite of its original meaning.
For nothing can be further from "learned" than those the conventional hail as "pundits" today.
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