different between populist vs centrist

English

Noun

populist (plural populists)

1. A person who advocates populism (a movement against ruling elites who are presumed not to act in the interests of the ordinary citizen).
   • 2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)[1]

     Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.

2. A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular.
3. A person who advocates democratic principles.

Translations

Adjective

populist (comparative more populist, superlative most populist)

1. Democratic.
2. (of a political policy) Put forward just because it would be popular.
3. Of or pertaining to populism.

Synonyms

• populistic

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?po?py?l?st/
• Hyphenation: po?pu?list

Noun

populist n (plural populisten, diminutive populistje n)

1. populist (advocate or supporter of political populism, asserting that elites are out of touch with the common people)
2. (derogatory) demagogue

Derived terms

• populistisch

Related terms

• populisme

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnia, Serbia): populista

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pop?list/
• Hyphenation: po?pu?list

Noun

popùlist m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. (Croatia) populist

Declension

English

Etymology

From French centriste.

Adjective

centrist (comparative more centrist, superlative most centrist)

1. Of, pertaining to, or advocating centrism.

Translations

Noun

centrist (plural centrists)

1. A person who advocates centrism.

Translations

Coordinate terms

• leftist
• rightist

Anagrams

• citterns, stricten

Romanian

Etymology

From French centriste

Noun

centrist m (plural centri?ti)

1. centrist

Declension