populist

See also Populist

English

Noun

populist (plural populists)

1. A person who advocates democratic principles
2. A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular
3. A person who advocates populism
   • 2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)[1]

     Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.

Translations

person who advocates democratic principles

• Finnish: demokraatti (fi)

• Russian: народник (ru) (naródnik) m, народница (ru) (naródnica) f

politician who advocates policies just because they are popular

• Czech: populista (cs) m
• Finnish: populisti (fi)
• French: populiste (fr) m and f

• German: Populist (de) m, Populistin (de) f
• Hungarian: populista (hu)
• Russian: популист (ru) (populíst) m, популистка (ru) (populístka) f

person who advocates populism

• Finnish: populisti (fi)
• German: Populist (de) m

• Hungarian: populista (hu)

Adjective

populist (comparative more populist, superlative most populist)

1. Democratic
2. (of a political policy) Put forward just because it would be popular
3. Of or pertaining to populism

Translations

democratic

• Finnish: demokraattinen (fi)

• Russian: народнический (ru) (naródničeskij)

put forward just because it would be popular

• Finnish: populistinen (fi)
• French: populiste (fr)
• German: populistisch (de)

• Hungarian: populista (hu)
• Russian: популистский (ru) (populístskij)

of or pertaining to populism

• Finnish: populistinen (fi)
• German: populistisch (de)
• Hungarian: populista (hu)

• Russian: популистский (ru) (populístskij), народнический (ru) (naródničeskij) (democratic)