populisticadj.
/ˌpɒpjᵿˈlɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌpɑpjəˈlɪstɪk/ Of, relating to, or characterized by populism (in various senses).
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > populism or proletarianism > [adjective]
popularist1882
populist1891
populistic1891
1891 N.Y. Times 14 Nov. 4/7 Mr. Pefter has always acted with the Republicans on all questions except those purely Populistic in their nature.
1902 Nation (N.Y.) 19 June 490/2 The sentiment is populistic and the treatment of materials is eclectic.
1969 D. MacRae in G. Ionescu & E. Gellner Populism 162 That Ireland did not produce a full-fledged populism—as distinct from populistic themes that continue through De Valera to the present—is a paradox of European history.
2003 Church Times 9 May 14/3 In 1848 it renamed itself ‘The Danish People's Church’, a move that reflected a populistic current in 19th-century church life.
Derivatives
popuˈlistically adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [adverb] > representing views of
populistically1894
1894 Reno (Nevada) Weekly Gaz. & Stockman 6 Sept. 2/1 There is talk of bolting the convention if the platform is not satisfactory to those Populistically Inclined.
1933 Amer. Econ. Rev. 23 285 Avoiding at the same time any excessive idealization of the peasant which the populistically inclined intellectuals often manifested.
2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 Sept. a3/1 I blame Schroder for simplifying the debate on Iraq too quickly and populistically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1891