noun
Freq #52051
Meanings
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noun
A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
populistic
Word family
Derived forms
antipopulistecopopulistflopulistmacropopulistneopopulistprepopulistpseudopopulistsadopopulismsadopopulistslopulisttechnopopulist
Etymology
From Latin populus + -ist.