populist

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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).
    • 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.
  2. A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
  3. A person who advocates democratic principles.

Translations

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


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpoːpyˈlɪst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

popùlist m (Cyrillic spelling попу̀лист)

  1. (Croatia) populist

Declension