populist

Meanings

Noun

• A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
• A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
• A person who advocates democratic principles.

Adjective

• Democratic.
• Put forward just because it would be popular.
• Of or pertaining to populism.

Related

Similar words

• populistic