Crossword clues for populism
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Populism \Pop"u*lism\, n. (U. S. Politics) The political doctrines advocated by the People's party.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context philosophy English) 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.
WordNet
n. the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers of the common people in their struggle with the privileged elite
Wikipedia
Populism is a political ideology which holds that the virtuous citizens are being mistreated by a small circle of elites, who can be overthrown if the people recognize the danger and work together. The elites are depicted as trampling in illegitimate fashion upon the rights, values, and voice of the legitimate people.
Populist movements are found in many democratic nations. Cas Mudde says, "Many observers have noted that populism is inherent to representative democracy; after all, do populists not juxtapose 'the pure people' against 'the corrupt elite'?"
Usage examples of "populism".
Once allied with the Democratic party in supporting William Jennings Bryan for President in 1896, Populism would drown in a sea of Democratic politics.
The pressure for electoral victory led Populism to make deals with the major parties in city after city.
Even the hint of Populism in the Democratic party, it seemed, could not be tolerated, and the big guns of the Establishment pulled out all their ammunition, to make sure.
Russian man, uncontaminated by Western European cultural influences, on which he was to base the Russophile nationalism and populism of his later writings.
On the whole his political philosophy may be defined as a democratic Slavophilism or a mystical populism.