Associations to the word «Populist»

Wiktionary

POPULIST, noun. A person who advocates democratic principles
POPULIST, noun. A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular
POPULIST, noun. A person who advocates populism
POPULIST, adjective. Democratic
POPULIST, adjective. (of a political policy) Put forward just because it would be popular
POPULIST, adjective. Of or pertaining to populism

Dictionary definition

POPULIST, noun. An advocate of democratic principles.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King