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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
wonk + -dom
wonkdom (uncountable)
- The realm or sphere of wonks; wonkery.
1994, Sam Smith, Shadows of hope, page 145:In fact, the Clinton administration seems practically a subsidiary of this academy of wonkdom.
2003, Eric Alterman, What liberal media?:Surely it had no precedent in the world of welfare wonkdom.