populist

See also: Populist

English

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, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)
      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

Romanian

Etymology

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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