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A public intellectual is a contemporary phrase for the archaic term publicist
Publicist

A publicist is a person whose employment is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book or film....
 — that is, a writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
, academic, speaker
Orator

An orator, or oratist, is a speaker.An orator may also be called an oratarian - literally, "he who orates".Etymology...
 or mass media
Mass media

Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
 personality who regularly and visibly deals with matters of broad interest relating to government policy or social questions.

Some examples of prominent American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 public intellectuals of the 20th Century include: Walter Lippman, John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith, Order of Canada was a Canadian-American economics. He was a Keynesian economics and an institutional economics, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism and Progressivism in the United States....
, Robert Heilbroner
Robert Heilbroner

Robert Heilbroner was an United States economist and historian of economic thought. The author of some twenty books, Heilbroner was best known for The Worldly Philosophers , a survey of the lives and contributions of famous economists, notably Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes....
, William F. Buckley
William F. Buckley

William F. Buckley may refer to:*William Francis Buckley , U.S. Army officer and CIA operative held captive by Hezbollah*William Frank Buckley, Sr....
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A public intellectual is a contemporary phrase for the archaic term publicist
Publicist

A publicist is a person whose employment is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book or film....
 — that is, a writer
Writer

A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, as well as those who have written in many different forms....
, academic, speaker
Orator

An orator, or oratist, is a speaker.An orator may also be called an oratarian - literally, "he who orates".Etymology...
 or mass media
Mass media

Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a mainstream such as the population of a nation state....
 personality who regularly and visibly deals with matters of broad interest relating to government policy or social questions.

Some examples of prominent American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 public intellectuals of the 20th Century include: Walter Lippman, John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith

John Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith, Order of Canada was a Canadian-American economics. He was a Keynesian economics and an institutional economics, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism and Progressivism in the United States....
, Robert Heilbroner
Robert Heilbroner

Robert Heilbroner was an United States economist and historian of economic thought. The author of some twenty books, Heilbroner was best known for The Worldly Philosophers , a survey of the lives and contributions of famous economists, notably Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes....
, William F. Buckley
William F. Buckley

William F. Buckley may refer to:*William Francis Buckley , U.S. Army officer and CIA operative held captive by Hezbollah*William Frank Buckley, Sr....
.

See also

  • Intellectual
    Intellectual

    An intellectual is a person who uses his or her intelligence and Critical thinking, either in their profession or for the benefit of personal pursuits....