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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: populist /ˈpɒpjʊlɪst/ adj - appealing to the interests or prejudices of ordinary people
n - a person, esp a politician, who appeals to the interests or prejudices of ordinary people
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pop•u•lism /ˈpɑpyəˌlɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Governmenta political movement that promotes the interests of the common people and calls for equality among them.
- the use of what are claimed to be the views, etc., of the common people to gain political power or popularity:His candidacy was founded on racism, yet he claimed it was one of populism.
pop•u•list, n. [countable]claiming to be a populist but dividing voters one from the other. adj.: a populist reform movement. See -pop-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Pop•u•list (pop′yə list),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta member of the People's party.
- Government(l.c.) a supporter or adherent of populism.
adj. - GovernmentAlso, Pop′u•lis′tic. of or pertaining to the People's party.
- GovernmentAlso, pop′u•lis′tic. (l.c.) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of populism or its adherents.
- Latin popul(us) people + -ist
- 1890–95, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Populist /ˈpɒpjʊlɪst/ n - US a member of the People's Party, formed largely by agrarian interests to contest the 1892 presidential election. The movement gradually dissolved after the 1904 election
adj Also: Populistic - of, characteristic of, or relating to the People's Party, the Populists, or any individual or movement with similar aims
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