Populism (original) (raw)
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("populism" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Derivation:
populist (someone who advocates the rights of the common people over those of the elite)