populist

From Latin populus +‎ -ist.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔp.jʉ.lɪst/

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.

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.

• populistic

• IPA^(key): /ˌpoːpyˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: po‧pu‧list

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

• populistisch

• populisme

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

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

1. populist

populist m (plural populiști)

1. populist

• populista (Bosnia, Serbia)

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

popùlist m (Cyrillic spelling попу̀лист)

1. (Croatia) populist