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populist(dictionary)
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populist (iou)



populist noun & adjective. Also Populist. L19.
[from Latin populus people + -IST.]
A. noun.
An adherent of a political party seeking to represent all the people, orig. that formed in the US in 1892, whose policies included public control of railways, limitation of private ownership of land, and extension of the currency by free coinage of silver. L19.
A member of a group of French novelists in the late 1920s and early 1930s who emphasized observation of and sympathy with ordinary people. M20.
A person who seeks to represent the views of ordinary people. M20.
N. McInnes As a populist, he saw historical efficacity in mass ideologies.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a populist or populists. L19.
Time The very success of Carter's populist appeal may cause him special backlash problems.
popu'listic adjective L19.
popu'listically adverb (rare) L20.