Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A political philosophy supporting the rights and power of the people in their struggle against the privileged elite.
- noun The movement organized around this philosophy.
- noun The philosophy of the Populist Party.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The political principles and policies of the Populists.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (U. S. Politics) The political doctrines advocated by the People's party.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun philosophy A
political doctrine orphilosophy that proposes that therights andpowers of ordinary people areexploited by aprivileged elite , and supports theirstruggle to overcome this.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite
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Examples
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By doing so, Obama will hopefully redefine the term "populism" in the political conversation.
Chris Weigant: Obama Redefines Populism Chris Weigant 2011
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The term "populism" is the more common label for commercial elitism, while "elitism" is almost always reserved for critical elitism, so from here on in those are the terms I'll use.
The Latest Teacup Tempest Hal Duncan 2007
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The term "populism" is the more common label for commercial elitism, while "elitism" is almost always reserved for critical elitism, so from here on in those are the terms I'll use.
Archive 2007-02-01 Hal Duncan 2007
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The old economic models are broken, and a little entrepreneurial populism is exactly what is needed right now: someone with fresh ideas regarding how to spur manufacturing, how to jump-start new industries and companies.
Mike Lux: Restoring the Balance Mike Lux 2010
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The old economic models are broken, and a little entrepreneurial populism is exactly what is needed right now: someone with fresh ideas regarding how to spur manufacturing, how to jump-start new industries and companies.
Mike Lux: Restoring the Balance Mike Lux 2010
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Largely funded by a few large industries and individuals (such as the Koch brothers), the Tea Party's pseudo-populism is not the same as the Christian Right's.
Jay Michaelson: What Would it Mean to Turn Back the Clock to 1960? A Tax Hike on the Super-Rich Jay Michaelson 2010
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Sen Maria Cantwell and asked her to differentiate her anti-Wall Street populism from the similar rhetoric we were hearing from the Tea Party.
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The old economic models are broken, and a little entrepreneurial populism is exactly what is needed.
Mike Lux: Restoring the Balance Mike Lux 2010
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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 Raymond Johansen 2010
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The old economic models are broken, and a little entrepreneurial populism is exactly what is needed.
Mike Lux: Restoring the Balance Mike Lux 2010
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