populist

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)

     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.

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpoːpyˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: po‧pu‧list

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

• (Bosnia, Serbia): populista

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

popùlist m (Cyrillic spelling попу̀лист)

1. (Croatia) populist