populism

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
  2. (countable, derogatory, uncountable) The practice of appealing to the interests of the common people.

Translations

Etymology

From Latin populus + -ism.

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