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: наро́дник (ru) m ‎(naródnik), наро́дница (ru) f ‎(naródnica)

politician who advocates policies just because they are popular

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

• German: Populist m, Populistin f
• Hungarian: populista
• Russian: попули́ст (ru) m ‎(populíst), попули́стка f ‎(populístka)

person who advocates populism

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

• Hungarian: populista

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)
• Hindi: जनवादी ‎(janvādī)

• Russian: наро́днический (ru) ‎(naródničeskij)

put forward just because it would be popular

• Czech: populistický
• Finnish: populistinen (fi)
• French: populiste (fr)

• German: populistisch (de)
• Hungarian: populista
• Russian: попули́стский (ru) ‎(populístskij)

of or pertaining to populism

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

• Russian: попули́стский (ru) ‎(populístskij), наро́днический (ru) ‎(naródničeskij) (democratic)
• Thai: ประชานิยม ‎(bprà-chaa-ní-yom)

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnia, Serbia): populista

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /popǔlist/
• Hyphenation: po‧pu‧list

Noun

popùlist m

1. (Croatia) populist

Declension

Declension of populist

	singular	plural
nominative	populist	populisti
genitive	populista	populista
dative	populistu	populistima
accusative	populista	populiste
vocative	populiste	populisti
locative	populistu	populistima
instrumental	populistom	populistima