populists

plural of populist

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socialists
Noun
  • The economy, juiced by billions of dollars in funding from Brussels, was growing fast after recovering from the 2008 global financial crisis, which had damaged the political fortunes of Hungary’s socialists, in power when the crisis hit.
    New York Times, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Johnson raised concerns that nuking the filibuster could one day empower socialists, in an appearance on C-SPAN Thursday.
    Steven T. Dennis, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
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