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Pop·u·lism    Audio Help   [pop-yuh-liz-uhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the political philosophy of the People's party.
2.(lowercase) any of various, often antiestablishment or anti-intellectual political movements or philosophies that offer unorthodox solutions or policies and appeal to the common person rather than according with traditional party or partisan ideologies.
3.(lowercase) grass-roots democracy; working-class activism; egalitarianism.
4.(lowercase) representation or extolling of the common person, the working class, the underdog, etc.: populism in the arts.
[Origin: 1890–95, Americanism; < L popul(us) people + -ism]
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