populist

¹pop·u·list

noun \ˈpä-pyə-list\

Definition of POPULIST

1

: a member of a political party claiming to represent the common people; especially often capitalized : a member of a United States political party formed in 1891 primarily to represent agrarian interests and to advocate the free coinage of silver and government control of monopolies

2

: a believer in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people

— pop·u·lism \-ˌli-zəm\ noun

— pop·u·lis·tic \ˌpä-pyə-ˈlis-tik\ adjective

Origin of POPULIST

Latin populus the people

First Known Use: 1892

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism