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POPULIST
populist
(noun) someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
populist (plural populists)
A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
A person who advocates democratic principles.
Adjective
populist (comparative more populist, superlative most populist)
Democratic.
(of a political policy) Put forward just because it would be popular.
Of or pertaining to populism.
Source: Wiktionary
Pop"u*list, n. [L. populus people + -ist.] (U. S. Politics)
Definition: A member of the People's party. -- Pop`u*lis"tic (#), a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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