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Populist

Populist

See also: populist

German

Noun

Populist m (genitive Populisten, plural Populisten)

  1. populist (usually in a negative sense, one who opportunistically takes advantage of current popular opinions or emotions)

Related terms

populist

populist

See also: Populist

English

Noun

populist (plural populists)

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

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


Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

popùlist m

  1. (Croatia) populist

Declension