pressdom en · NOUN
Etymology
From press + -dom.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The world or sphere of the press; journalism generally.
Not all the practitioners of the pressdom the world over may confidently and conscientiously claim that the profession has done enough or all its best to print an accurate, balanced and full account of the news, […]
1980, Lee O. Thayer, Hanno Hardt, Ethics, Morality, and the Media: Reflections on American Culture, page 147: