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populism

[ UK /pˈɒpjuːlˌɪzəm/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑpjəˌɫɪzəm/ ]
NOUN
  1. the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite

How To Use populism In A Sentence

  • Inward-looking austerity and Tea Party populism is not the answer, neither for the US nor for Europe. Raymond Johansen: Cooperative Leadership, Not Tea Party Cocktail
  • Are the party leaders indulging in populism by speaking of immigration control? Times, Sunday Times
  • Under what conditions does populism temper the potential ethnicity to provoke disintegrative social conflict, and instead promote pluralist democracy?
  • It has been an exercise in crass populism and political stupidity almost without equal in the Telegraph. Telegraphing
  • The rise of populism is not only a product of our economic divide, it’s a product of a growing social inequality. Smithsonian Mag
  • Ironically, in view of the grass-roots democratic populism of its rhetoric, the party itself was highly autocratic and centralized.
  • Thus, the army appeared at the time to be not merely a strong bulwark, not merely a political counterweight to the mass populism of the Hitler movement.
  • Pure pragmatism is the antithesis of populism, and Washington tars politicians with mark of the unprincipled politician. The Volokh Conspiracy » Bloggers think Repubs should associate with Tea Party. Disagree on whether independent run would help Crist
  • With populism, the working class pays its supposed rise to power with silence.
  • What he has proved to be is a shrewd tactician and an astute responder to the public mood whose easy-going manner disguises some ruthless populism.
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