populism
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English
Noun
populism (countable and uncountable, plural populisms)
- (philosophy) 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.
- (derogatory) The practice of appealing to the interests of the common people.
- 2006, Prasanta Chakravarty, Like Parchment in the Fire, page 104:
- It is not crass populism or majoritanianism that ratifies the legitimacy of the polity or the administration.
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Translations
a political doctrine or philosophy
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See also
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French populisme. By surface analysis, popul + -ism.
Noun
populism n (uncountable)
Declension
declension of populism (singular only)
| singular | ||
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| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) populism | populismul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) populism | populismului |
| vocative | populismule | |