I. -_lə̇st noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin popul us the people + English -ist
1. : a member of a United States political party formed in 1891 and active especially in the presidential campaign of 1892 primarily to represent agrarian interests and to advocate the free coinage of silver and government control of monopolies
2. : a member of a political party purporting to represent the rank and file of the people
II. adjective
also pop·u·lis·tic | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|listik, -tēk
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: populist (I)
: of, relating to, or advocating Populism
bitter attacks upon the Court were splashed in the Populist press — A.F.Westin
III. adjective
1. : popular 2
2. : popular 4