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Uncommonpopulist
The correct spelling is populist.
How to pronounce populist
noun
Say it like: Pop-uli-st
The correct spelling is populist. A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
- 2.A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
- 3.A person who advocates democratic principles.
adjective
- 1.Democratic.
- 2.(of a political policy) Put forward just because it would be popular.
- 3.Of or pertaining to populism.
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