populist
noun
a supporter or adherent of populism.
populists
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pluralof populist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Macron, who attended the country’s top schools, “has become the embodiment of everything populists hate,” said Olivier Costa, a research professor at the Paris-based Sciences Po university and France’s National Center for Scientific Research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
If the cinema had a dozen more ambitious populists like Coogler, it would be in tip-top health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2025
These shamanistic masks have long been a mainstay of populists.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2025
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser warned "extremists and populists are stirring up a climate of increasing violence".
From BBC ● May 4, 2024
How glib would have been the tongues of their orators in denouncing all who advocated the remonetization of gold as cranks, socialists, populists, anarchists, ne’er-do-wells, and Adullamites, kickers, visionaries, and frauds!
From If Not Silver, What? by John W. Bookwalter
