populismnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈpɒp.jə.lɪ.zəm/us/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɪ.zəm/mainly disapprovingpolitical ideas and activities that are intended to get the support of ordinary people by giving them what they want:
Their ideas are simple populism - tax cuts and higher wages.
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Politics - general words
- a political football idiom
- apolitical
- communism
- con
- conservative
- leftist
- Leninism
- Lib Dem
- liberal
- Liberal Democrats
- political science
- politicize
- politics
- polity
- populist
- the National Front
- the Third Way
- Tory
- tour of duty
- usurp
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