populist
See also: Populist
English
Noun
populist (plural populists)
- A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
- 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.
- 2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)[1]
- A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
- A person who advocates democratic principles.
Translations
person who advocates populism
politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
person who advocates democratic principles
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Adjective
populist (comparative more populist, superlative most populist)
- Democratic.
- (of a political policy) Put forward just because it would be popular.
- Of or pertaining to populism.
Translations
democratic
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put forward just because it would be popular
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of or pertaining to populism
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
populist n (plural populisten, diminutive populistje n)
- populist (advocate or supporter of political populism, asserting that elites are out of touch with the common people)
- (derogatory) demagogue
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (Bosnia, Serbia): populista
Pronunciation
Noun
popùlist m (Cyrillic spelling попу̀лист)
Declension
Declension of populist
singular | plural | |
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nominative | populist | populisti |
genitive | populista | populista |
dative | populistu | populistima |
accusative | populista | populiste |
vocative | populiste | populisti |
locative | populistu | populistima |
instrumental | populistom | populistima |
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