Pseudopopulist
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Apparently but not actually populist.
"The Sewanee Review said of him, "He participated in all the claptrap of mid-century middlebrow liberalism, blending invocations to democracy, pseudopopulist jargon, and commercialized aesthetics in a souffle heavily flavored with cliche."
Example
More examples"The Sewanee Review said of him, "He participated in all the claptrap of mid-century middlebrow liberalism, blending invocations to democracy, pseudopopulist jargon, and commercialized aesthetics in a souffle heavily flavored with cliche."
Etymology
From pseudo- + populist.
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