English Explanatory Dictionary

populist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
  2. A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
  3. A person who advocates democratic principles.
adj
  1. Democratic.
  2. Put forward just because it would be popular.
  3. Of or pertaining to populism.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-populist.wav /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/ /ˈpɔp.jʉ.lɪst/

Word forms

populist populists more populist most populist

Etymology

From Latin populus + -ist.

Synonyms

populistic

Derived words

antipopulist ecopopulist flopulist macropopulist neopopulist prepopulist pseudopopulist sadopopulism sadopopulist slopulist technopopulist

Translations

Armenian: պոպուլիստ Catalan: populista Chinese Mandarin: 民粹主義者 /民粹主义者 Czech: populista Danish: populist Esperanto: popolisto Finnish: populisti French: populiste Galician: populista German: Populist Hebrew: פופוליסט Hungarian: populista Korean: 대중주의자 Korean: 포퓰리스트 Latin: plebicola Portuguese: populista Spanish: populista
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