populist

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/ UK /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/ See IPA manual

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.

Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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