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Meaning of “populism” in the English Dictionary
"populism" in English
(Definition of “populism” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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populism
More than ever, it is the politicians' responsibility not to pander to that populism.
I thought that the lottery was a fine instrument of populism when it was introduced some three or four years ago.
We do not need any more short-sighted populism; what we want is greater responsibility for the future.
Today we must say ‘no’ to populism and ‘yes’ to vision.
We could call this irrationality political populism, or excessive nationalism, or religious fundamentalism, or racism or xenophobia.
As the movie drags on, her performance swells to bursting with moral vanity and phony populism.
In effect, elitism is cultural democracy as populism is to the democratization of culture.
All the rest is mere rhetoric and populism.
The peripheral intelligentsia, as he denotes them, were inspired by both romanticism and populism.
One of the most characteristic features of populism is its invocation of a common, external threat or enemy.
The party's mixture of populism, anti-establishment and nationalist themes steadily gained support over the years.
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