thinkfluence

English

Etymology

Noun

thinkfluence (uncountable)

(neologism) The amount of influence or power that someone has over the public's thoughts or ideas.
- 2015 January 4, Curtis Brown, “Plagiarism is the new pornography”, in Al Jazeera‎^[1]:
  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.
- 2016 October 31, Brian Feldman, “Clippy Didn't Just Annoy You — He Changed the World”, in New York Magazine‎^[2]:
  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."
- 2021 February 10, Walker Bragman, “Billionaire Robinhood Hero Chamath Palihapitiya Is a Pushback on Progressive Democrats”, in Newsweek‎^[3]:
  From Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, the archetype is increasingly familiar in politics and in the online game of thinkfluence—but Palihapitiya has struck the most populist pose of all.

Verb

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

(neologism) To exercise thinkfluence; to shape others' views and beliefs.
- 2014 April 5, Oliver Burkeman, “This column will change your life: interestingness v truth”, in The Guardian‎^[4]:
  Do you long to become a "thought leader", thinkfluencing your way from TED talk to tech conference, lauded for your insights?
- 2016 March 17, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “How to make friends and thinkfluence people at SXSW”, in The Verge‎^[5]:
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- 2022 May 16, Elizabeth Lopatto, “Jeff Bezos is not a poster”, in The Verge‎^[6]:
  This is an attempt at thinkfluencing, being an ideas guy. Except no one respects ideas guys on Twitter.

Derived terms

thinkfluencer