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populism in Arabic

شَعْبَوِيَّة šaʕbawiyya

populism in Arabic: شَعْبَوِيَّة (šaʕbawiyya). In English, populism means a political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this.

Arabic words for populism

a political doctrine or philosophy
شَعْبَوِيَّة šaʕbawiyya

English meaning of populism

  1. noun A political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this.
  2. noun The practice of appealing to the interests of the common people.

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Questions about populism in Arabic

What is the meaning of populism in Arabic?
Populism in Arabic is شَعْبَوِيَّة (šaʕbawiyya).
ما معنى كلمة populism؟
Populism: شَعْبَوِيَّة (šaʕbawiyya).
What does populism mean in English?
Populism means a political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: populism (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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