popularismn.

1792 tr. J. P. Brissot de Warville New Trav. U.S.A. 119 He has the virtues and the address of popularism; that is to say, that, without effort, he shews himself the equal, and the friend of all.

1872 Testimony Joint Select Comm. Condition Affairs Late Insurrectionary States: Georgia II. 801 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (42nd Congr., 2nd Sess.: Senate Rep. 41, Pt. 7) II Popularism is the distinguishing feature of modern statesmanship.

1894 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 9 366 Thoroughly original discussions in polished literary form, absolutely free from the taint of popularism.

1924 Times 14 Feb. 11/1 Fascism has tried to assimilate some postulates of Popularism.

1962 Listener 5 Apr. 584/1 For a clearer understanding of what is happening we should be ready to play down these uneasy notions of right and left, and, instead, study British political attitudes in terms of republicanism and popularism.

2002 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 7 Dec. m10 The back-and-forth bedsheet yanking between popularism and strict classicism will probably not cease any time soon.

1888 Sat. Rev. 20 Oct. 466/2 The popularisms of ‘pallis’, ‘linning’, ‘cushing’,..heard in London streets as corruptions and vulgarisms.

1973 MLN 88 368 On Zola's interest in popularisms, see Henri Massis, Comment Emile Zola composait ses Romans.

1999 Virginian Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (Nexis) 10 Nov. b10 Acceptance of phrases as popularisms is a validation of the original thought as well as the original proclaimer, and accordingly honors that proclaimer.