adj
Meaning 1
Democratic.
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Standard Lemma guide
populist
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɪst/
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Australian: /ˈpɔp.jʉ.lɪst/
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adj
Meaning 2
Put forward just because it would be popular.
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adj
Meaning 3
Of or pertaining to populism.
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noun
Meaning 4
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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noun
Meaning 5
A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
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noun
Meaning 6
A person who advocates democratic principles.
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noun
Meaning 7
an advocate of democratic principles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: democrat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
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-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English populist From Latin populus + English -ist.
Across languages
Translations
115 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: demokraattinen — democratic
- Hindi: जनवादी (janvādī) — democratic
- Russian: наро́днический (naródničeskij) — democratic
- Arabic: شَعْبَوِيّ (šaʕbawiyy) — put forward just because it would be popular
- Belarusian: папулі́сцкі (papulíscki) — put forward just because it would be popular
- Czech: populistický — put forward just because it would be popular
- Finnish: populistinen — put forward just because it would be popular
- French: populiste — put forward just because it would be popular
- German: populistisch — put forward just because it would be popular
- Hebrew: פופוליסטי (populísti) — put forward just because it would be popular
- Hungarian: populista — put forward just because it would be popular
- Irish: pobalach — put forward just because it would be popular
- Iranian Persian: عَوامگَرا (avâm-garâ) — put forward just because it would be popular
- Russian: попули́стский (populístskij) — put forward just because it would be popular
- Ukrainian: популі́стський (populístsʹkyj) — put forward just because it would be popular
- Belarusian: папулі́сцкі (papulíscki) — of or pertaining to populism
- Finnish: populistinen — of or pertaining to populism
- German: populistisch — of or pertaining to populism
- Hebrew: פופוליסטי (populísti) — of or pertaining to populism
- Hungarian: populista — of or pertaining to populism
- Russian: попули́стский (populístskij) — of or pertaining to populism
- Russian: наро́днический (naródničeskij) — of or pertaining to populism
- Thai: ประชานิยม (bprà-chaa-ní-yom) — of or pertaining to populism
- Ukrainian: популі́стський (populístsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to populism
- Armenian: պոպուլիստ (populist) — person who advocates populism
- Catalan: populista — person who advocates populism
- Chinese Mandarin: 民粹主義者 /民粹主义者 (míncuì zhǔyì zhě) — person who advocates populism
- Czech: populista — person who advocates populism
- Danish: populist — person who advocates populism
- Esperanto: popolisto — person who advocates populism
- Finnish: populisti — person who advocates populism
- French: populiste — person who advocates populism
- Galician: populista — person who advocates populism
- German: Populist — person who advocates populism
- Hebrew: פופוליסט (populíst) — person who advocates populism
- Hungarian: populista — person who advocates populism
- Korean: 대중주의자 (daejungjuuija) — person who advocates populism
- Korean: 포퓰리스트 (popyulliseuteu) — person who advocates populism
- Latin: plebicola — person who advocates populism
- Portuguese: populista — person who advocates populism
- Spanish: populista — person who advocates populism
- Albanian: populist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Albanian: populiste — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Arabic: شَعْبَوِيّ (šaʕbawiyy) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Arabic: شَعْبَوِيَّة (šaʕbawiyya) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Armenian: պոպուլիստ (populist) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Azerbaijani: populist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Belarusian: папулі́ст (papulíst) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Belarusian: папулі́стка (papulístka) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Bulgarian: попули́ст (populíst) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Bulgarian: попули́стка (populístka) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Chinese Mandarin: 民粹主義者 /民粹主义者 — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Chinese Mandarin: 平民主義者 /平民主义者 — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Czech: populista — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Czech: populistka — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Danish: populist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Dutch: populist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Dutch: populiste — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Estonian: populist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Finnish: populisti — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- French: populiste — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Georgian: პოპულისტი (ṗoṗulisṭi) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- German: Populist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- German: Populistin — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Greek: λαϊκιστής (laïkistís) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Greek: λαϊκίστρια (laïkístria) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Hebrew: פופוליסט (populíst) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Hungarian: populista — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Icelandic: popúlisti — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Irish: pobalóir — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Italian: populista — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Japanese: ポピュリスト (popyurisuto) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Kazakh: халықшыл (xalyqşyl) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Korean: 포퓰리스트 (popyulliseuteu) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Kyrgyz: популист (populist) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Latvian: populists — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Latvian: populiste — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Lithuanian: populistas — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Lithuanian: populistė — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Macedonian: попули́ст (populíst) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Macedonian: попули́стка (populístka) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Mongolian: популист (populist) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Norwegian Bokmål: populist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Iranian Persian: پوپولیسْت (popolist) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Iranian Persian: عَوامگَرا (avâm-garâ) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Polish: populista — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Polish: populistka — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Portuguese: populista — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Romanian: populist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Romanian: populistă — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Russian: попули́ст (populíst) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Russian: попули́стка (populístka) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Serbo-Croatian: попу̀лист — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Serbo-Croatian: popùlist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Slovak: populista — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Slovak: populistka — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Slovene: populist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Slovene: populistka — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Spanish: populista — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Swedish: populist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Tajik: популист (populist) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Turkish: popülist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Ukrainian: популі́ст (populíst) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Ukrainian: популі́стка (populístka) — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Uzbek: populist — politician who advocates policies just because they are popular
- Chinese Mandarin: 人民黨員 /人民党员 (rénmín dǎngyuán) — person who advocates democratic principles
- Czech: demokrat — person who advocates democratic principles
- Finnish: demokraatti — person who advocates democratic principles
- Kazakh: халықшыл (xalyqşyl) — person who advocates democratic principles
- Mongolian: ардач (ardač) — person who advocates democratic principles
- Russian: наро́дник (naródnik) — person who advocates democratic principles
- Russian: наро́дница (naródnica) — person who advocates democratic principles
- Ukrainian: народо́вець (narodóvecʹ) — person who advocates democratic principles
- Ukrainian: наро́дник (naródnyk) — person who advocates democratic principles
- Ukrainian: наро́дниця (naródnycja) — person who advocates democratic principles