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popular front

  1. a coalition, usually temporary, of leftist and sometimes centrist political parties, formed against a common opponent, as fascism, and promoting social reform.
  2. any similar political coalition formed to achieve short-term goals.


popular front

  1. often capital any of the left-wing groups or parties that were organized from 1935 onwards to oppose the spread of fascism
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of popular front1

1935–40; compare Spanish frente popular, French front populaire
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These people represent the Never Trump faction which has set ideology aside for the moment in order to create a popular front to defeat Trump.

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He may have divided the country, but he brought the Democrats together and inspired a popular front that's held fast for the last four years.

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More specifically, he’ll be the beloved but decrepit figurehead of the semi-normal popular front of a fascist movement whose darkest and most compelling energies lie elsewhere.

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Buckley overtly rejected what he called a “popular front” approach of accommodating the far right, even as he aimed for a “big tent” conservatism that implicitly welcomed it.

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