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Populism
noun
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Noun
- 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. countable, uncountable
- 2 the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite wordnet
- 3 The practice of appealing to the interests of the common people. countable, derogatory, uncountable
"It is not crass populism or majoritanianism that ratifies the legitimacy of the polity or the administration."
Etymology
From Latin populus + -ism.
See also for "populism"
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