n.
Pronunciation: ' pä-py ə -list
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin populus the people
Date: 1892
1 : a member of a political party claiming to represent the common people especially often capitalized : a member of a U.S. political party formed in 1891 primarily to represent agrarian interests and to advocate the free coinage of silver and government control of monopolies
2 : a believer in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people
– pop · u · lism \ - ˌ li-z ə m \ noun
– pop · u · lis · tic \ ˌ pä-py ə - ' lis-tik \ adjective