populist

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English

Pronunciation

Noun

populist (plural populists)

  1. A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
    • 2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian‎:
      Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.
  2. A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
  3. A person who advocates democratic principles.

Translations

Adjective

populist (comparative more populist, superlative most populist)

  1. Democratic.
  2. (of a political policy) Put forward just because it would be popular.
  3. Of or pertaining to populism.

Synonyms

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpoːpyˈlɪst/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: po‧pu‧list

Noun

populist n (plural populisten, diminutive populistje n)

  1. populist (advocate or supporter of political populism, asserting that elites are out of touch with the common people)
  2. (derogatory) demagogue

Derived terms

Related terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French populiste. By surface analysis, popul +‎ -ist.

Adjective

populist m or n (feminine singular populistă, masculine plural populiști, feminine and neuter plural populiste)

  1. populist

Declension

Declension of populist
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite populist populistă populiști populiste
definite populistul populista populiștii populistele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite populist populiste populiști populiste
definite populistului populistei populiștilor populistelor

Noun

populist m (plural populiști)

  1. populist

Declension

Declension of populist
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) populist populistul (niște) populiști populiștii
genitive/dative (unui) populist populistului (unor) populiști populiștilor
vocative populistule populiștilor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /popǔlist/
  • Hyphenation: po‧pu‧list

Noun

popùlist m (Cyrillic spelling попу̀лист)

  1. (Croatia) populist

Declension

Declension of populist
singular plural
nominative populist populisti
genitive populista populista
dative populistu populistima
accusative populista populiste
vocative populiste populisti
locative populistu populistima
instrumental populistom populistima
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