populist

See also: Populist

English

Noun

populist (plural populists)

1. A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
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2. A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
3. A person who advocates democratic principles.

Translations

person who advocates populism

• Armenian: պոպուլիստ (populist)
• Czech: populista m
• Danish: populist c
• Finnish: populisti (fi)

• Galician: populista m or f
• German: Populist (de) m
• Hungarian: populista
• Spanish: populista m or f

politician who advocates policies just because they are popular

• Armenian: պոպուլիստ (populist)
• Czech: populista m
• Danish: populist c
• Finnish: populisti (fi)

• French: populiste (fr) m or f
• German: Populist (de) m, Populistin (de) f
• Hungarian: populista
• Russian: попули́ст (ru) m (populíst), попули́стка f (populístka)

person who advocates democratic principles

• Czech: demokrat (cs) m
• Finnish: demokraatti (fi)

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

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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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpoːpyˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: po‧pu‧list

Noun

populist n (plural populisten, diminutive populistje n)

1. populist (advocate or supporter of political populism, asserting that elites are out of touch with the common people)
2. (derogatory) demagogue

Derived terms

• populistisch

Related terms

• populisme

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnia, Serbia): populista

Pronunciation

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

Noun

popùlist m (Cyrillic spelling попу̀лист)

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