populism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this.
The practice of appealing to the interests of the common people.

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populism populisms

From Latin populus + -ism.

populist demagoguery people's party

ecopopulism left-wing populism neopopulism penal populism pseudopopulism punitive populism right-wing populism sadopopulism slopulism technopopulism

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