Plural of populist
regular plural
The plural of populist is populists.
Forms of populist
| Singular | populist /ˈpɒp.jʊ.lɪst/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | populists |
| Countable | countable |
Populists in a sentence
- On top of all that, rightwing populists and leftwing progressives have made significant inroads into western politics.2022 March 8, Andrew Anthony, “Liberalism and Its Discontents by Francis Fukuyama review – a defence of liberalism… from a former neocon”...
- So as to not throw too much of the blame on American populists, the right in other Western countries is also guilty of adopting this crass and anti-intellectual brand of politics.2025 May 2, Endeavour, “Against Slopulism”, in Counter-Currents, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025
- The Diba Expedition gave birth to a new breed of cybernationalists and populists—the Little Pinks.2022, Guobin Yang, The Wuhan Lockdown. From the entry little pink
- Speaking this week, Pope Francis sent a thinly veiled warning about the dangers of “pied piper of Hamelin”-style populists and “messianic clowns”.2023 October 22, Tom Phillips, Uki Goñi, “‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry messianic
- The downfall of Austria’s onetime political Wunderkind put a spotlight on the cozy, sometimes corrupt, relationship between right-wing populists and parts of the news media.2021 October 17, Katrin Bennhold, “Fake Polls and Tabloid Coverage on Demand: The Dark Side of Sebastian Kurz”, in The New York Times…. From the entry wunderkind
Meaning of populist
- noun A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
- noun A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
- noun A person who advocates democratic principles.
Questions about the plural of populist
- What is the plural of populist?
- The plural of populist is populists.
- Is populist countable?
- Populist is a countable noun.
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