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thinkfluence

thinkfluence noun: the amount of influence or power that someone has over the public's thoughts or ideas.

Noun

thinkfluence (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) The amount of influence or power that someone has over the public's thoughts or ideas.
    • Far from spelling the end of serious literature by people such as James Wood and Ian McEwan, this system finally gives us an objective measure for assessing their worth, which is a function not of originality but thinkfluence.2015 January 4, Curtis Brown, “Plagiarism is the new pornography”, in Al Jazeera
    • There are few things hotter in tech right now than artificial intelligence. You’ll hear people with titles like "chief experience officer" and "thinkfluence concierge" talk about "neural networks" and "machine learning" and "natural language processing."2016 October 31, Brian Feldman, “Clippy Didn't Just Annoy You — He Changed the World”, in New York Magazine

Verb

thinkfluence (third-person singular simple present thinkfluences, present participle thinkfluencing, simple past and past participle thinkfluenced)

  1. (neologism) To exercise thinkfluence; to shape others' views and beliefs.
    • Do you long to become a "thought leader", thinkfluencing your way from TED talk to tech conference, lauded for your insights?2014 April 5, Oliver Burkeman, “This column will change your life: interestingness v truth”, in The Guardian
    • (title)2016 March 17, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “How to make friends and thinkfluence people at SXSW”, in The Verge

Forms of thinkfluence

third-person singular presentthinkfluences
present participlethinkfluencing
past participlethinkfluenced
pastthinkfluenced

Origin of thinkfluence

Blend of think + influence.

Words formed from thinkfluence

Questions about thinkfluence

What does thinkfluence mean?
Thinkfluence means the amount of influence or power that someone has over the public's thoughts or ideas.
What part of speech is thinkfluence?
Thinkfluence can be a noun or a verb.

Words near thinkfluence in the dictionary

  1. thinker
  2. thinkers
  3. thinkes
  4. thinkest
  5. thinketh
  6. thinkfluence
  7. thinkfluenced
  8. thinkfluencer
  9. thinkfluencers
  10. thinkfluences
  11. thinkfluencing

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