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populist
[ pop-yuh-list ]
noun
- a supporter or adherent of populism.
- (initial capital letter) a member of the People's party.
adjective
- Also ±è´Ç±èu·±ô¾±²õt¾±³¦. of, relating to, or characteristic of populism or its adherents.
- (initial capital letter) Also ±Ê´Ç±èu·±ô¾±²õt¾±³¦. of or relating to the People's party.
Populist
1/ ˈ±èÉ’±èÂáÊŠ±ôɪ²õ³Ù /
noun
- history 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
adjective
- of, characteristic of, or relating to the People's Party, the Populists, or any individual or movement with similar aims
populist
2/ ˈ±èÉ’±èÂáÊŠ±ôɪ²õ³Ù /
adjective
- appealing to the interests or prejudices of ordinary people
noun
- a person, esp a politician, who appeals to the interests or prejudices of ordinary people
Derived Forms
- ˈ±Ê´Ç±è³Ü±ô¾±²õ³¾, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²¹²Ôt¾±-±è´Ç±èu·±ô¾±²õ³Ù noun adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
With or without Trump, the GOP will always showcase populist themes, because it is the perfect vehicle to put a regressive, pro-billionaire agenda over on the chumps.
But the notion – enthusiastically endorsed by populist and hard-right politicians across Europe and the US – that she is a victim of a conspiratorial political plot has clearly not convinced most French people.
For added populist grist, the club is located above the Milken Institute, a think tank founded by a formerly incarcerated financier, Michael Milken, and is majority owned by Ron Burkle, a billionaire investor.
Because what has happened fits so neatly into the RN narrative that the populist right is a victim of the "system".
Chief Rabbi Mirvis declined to participate "having been made aware of the attendance of a number of far-right populist politicians", his office said in a statement issued last week.
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