noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Meaning 1
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The practice of appealing to the interests of the common people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English populism From Latin populus + English -ism.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
popullizëm
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Arabic:
شَعْبَوِيَّة
(šaʕbawiyya)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Armenian:
պոպուլիզմ
(populizm)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Azerbaijani:
populizm
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Azerbaijani:
xalqçılıq
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Belarusian:
папулі́зм
(papulízm)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Bengali:
জনতুষ্টিবাদ
(jonotuśṭibad)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Bulgarian:
попули́зъм
(populízǎm)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Catalan:
populisme
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Hakka Chinese:
民粹主義 /民粹主义
(mìn-chhui chú-ngi)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Hakka Chinese:
平民主義 /平民主义
(phìn-mìn chú-ngi)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Chinese:
民粹主義 /民粹主义
(pêng-bîn chú-gī)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Chinese:
平民主義 /平民主义
(bîn-chhùi chú-gī)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Chinese Mandarin:
民粹主義 /民粹主义
(míncuìzhǔyì)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Chinese Mandarin:
平民主義 /平民主义
(píngmínzhǔyì)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Czech:
populismus
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Danish:
populisme
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Dutch:
populisme
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Estonian:
populism
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Finnish:
populismi
— a political doctrine or philosophy
French:
populisme
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Galician:
populismo
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Georgian:
პოპულიზმი
(ṗoṗulizmi)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
German:
Populismus
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Greek:
λαϊκισμός
(laïkismós)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Hebrew:
פּוֹפּוּליזם
(populízm)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Hindi:
लोकलुभावनवाद
(loklubhāvanvād)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Hungarian:
populizmus
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Icelandic:
popúlismi
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Icelandic:
lýðhyggja
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Indonesian:
populisme
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Irish:
pobalachas
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Japanese:
ポピュリズム
(popyurizumu)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Japanese:
大衆主義
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Japanese:
人民主義
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Kazakh:
халықшылдық
(xalyqşyldyq)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Kazakh:
популизм
(populizm)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Khmer:
ប្រជានិយម
(prɑɑciə niyum)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Korean:
포퓰리즘
(popyullijeum)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Korean:
민사주의
(minsajuui)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Korean:
평민주의
(pyeongminjuui)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Korean:
대중주의
(daejungjuui)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Northern Kurdish:
gelperestî
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Northern Kurdish:
gelkîtî
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Northern Kurdish:
popûlîzm
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Kyrgyz:
популизм
(populizm)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Lao:
ປະຊານິຍົມ
(pa sā ni nyom)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Latin:
populismus
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Latvian:
populisms
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Lithuanian:
populizmas
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Macedonian:
попули́зам
(populízam)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Malay:
populisme
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Mongolian:
популизм
(populizm)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Norwegian Bokmål:
populisme
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Norwegian Nynorsk:
populisme
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Iranian Persian:
عَوامگَرایی
(avâm-garâyi)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Iranian Persian:
پوپولیسْم
(populism)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Polish:
populizm
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Portuguese:
populismo
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Romanian:
populism
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Russian:
попули́зм
(populízm)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Russian:
наро́дничество
(naródničestvo)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Serbo-Croatian:
популѝзам
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Serbo-Croatian:
populizam
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Sinhalese:
ජනතාවාදය
(janatāwādaya)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Slovak:
populizmus
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Slovene:
populizem
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Spanish:
populismo
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Swedish:
populism
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Tagalog:
populismo
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Tajik:
популизм
(populizm)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Tajik:
авомгароӣ
(avomgaroyi)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Thai:
ประชานิยม
(bprà-chaa-ní-yom)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Turkish:
halkçılık
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Turkish:
popülizm
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Turkmen:
populizm
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Ukrainian:
популі́зм
(populízm)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Uyghur:
خەلقچىلىك
(xelqchilik)
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Uzbek:
populizm
— a political doctrine or philosophy
Vietnamese:
chủ nghĩa dân tuý
— a political doctrine or philosophy