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UK
/pˈɒpjʊlˌɪst/
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[ US /ˈpɑpjəɫəst/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑpjəɫəst/ ]
NOUN
- someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite
How To Use populist In A Sentence
- Why, I'm sure that Saint John the Do-As-I-Say-Not-As-I-Do Populist's votes had nothing to do with the corporate interests in North Carolina that he might find necessary to court later (or pay back for an earlier campaign donation). Tonight: The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
- And, like many other populist legal actions, it doesn't conform with our ideal of justice - the rule of law.
- His longtime friends describe his populist style as no political gimmick.
- The populist leader has dodged the issue of whether he will refuse a judicial summons to answer questions in the dock. Times, Sunday Times
- The issue for her critics is the extent to which her populist approach has compromised the channel's public-service remit.
- Then whyever would one expect them to vote for the Republican candidate over Obama, who will then be the clearly more populist, combative candidate with working class concerns at heart? Dianne Feinstein: I'm Sticking By Hillary
- A remarkable number of these programs end up with a kind of populist longing for Gemeinschaft amid the alienating Gesellschaft of modernity.
- It isn't sound economics; it is just populist politics. Times, Sunday Times
- It's unlikely that the IHA seeks to return the Emperor to the position that he once held but it's equally unlikely that it favours a democratic, populist approach to the monarchy.
- An unabashed populist and publicity seeker he is one of their key fundraisers and fixers.