Populist
Meaning of Populist
- a person, especially a politician, who strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
he ran as a populist on an anti-corruption platform
- relating to or characteristic of a political approach that strives to appeal to ordinary people who feel that their concerns are disregarded by established elite groups.
party leaders plan to reprise the populist rhetoric that they used in the tax fight
a populist opposition leader
populist tabloid newspapers
late 19th century (originally referring to a US political party): from Latin populus ‘people’ + -ist.
Information about Populist
- The plural form of Populist is: Populists.
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Hyphenation of Populist
Pop-ulist
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- Populist is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Populist synonyms
Meaning democrat:
Words that rhyme with Populist
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