populist C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/ UK /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/ See IPA manual Freq #52051 Meanings 1 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 Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # populist **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/ **Frequency rank:** 52051 ## Meanings 1. A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen). ## Examples - Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home. ## Synonyms - populistic ## Derived Forms - antipopulist - ecopopulist - flopulist - macropopulist - neopopulist - prepopulist - pseudopopulist - sadopopulism - sadopopulist - slopulist - technopopulist ## Etymology From Latin populus + -ist. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown