POPULIST

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("populist" is a kind of...):

advocate; advocator; exponent; proponent (a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea)

Derivation:

populism (the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite)