populist
/ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
noun
A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
noun
A person who advocates democratic principles.
adj
adj
Put forward just because it would be popular.
adj
Of or pertaining to populism.
Example Sentences
- "Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home."
- "On top of all that, rightwing populists and leftwing progressives have made significant inroads into western politics."
- "So as to not throw too much of the blame on American populists, the right in other Western countries is also guilty of adopting this crass and anti-intellectual brand of politics."
- "On the right, this can look like gleeful cruelty, sadistic memes, posts that “own the libs” or sensationalized claims about fraud and conspiracy. On the left, it could be social justice messaging, online identity politics or populist economic proposals to, say, tax the rich."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English populist From Latin populus + English -ist.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/
- British English: /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/