populist

Speech parts

1. populist - Noun

2. populist - Adjective

Meaning

someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite

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Every campaign, Garry Wills once wrote, "taught Nixon the same lesson: mobilize resentment against those in power." History taught the same to many conservative and reactionary populist movements, whose real attitude to those in power and authority was one of a servile, envious, vicarious adoration. Christopher Hitchens

The capitalist class is represented by the Republican, Democratic, Populist and Prohibition parties, all of which stand for private ownership of the means of production, and the triumph of any one of which will mean continued wage-slavery to the working class. Eugene V. Debs

Come on, this is big stuff. These are all tackling underlying issues – it's not just a question of striking and populist announcements. Alex Salmond

Obama supporters pretended that his 2008 campaign was some sort of populist uprising even as Wall Street overwhelmingly supported his candidacy. Glenn Greenwald

Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party. Ed Gillespie

Catering to populist anger with extremist proposals that are certain to fail is not a viable strategy for political success. Max Boot

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