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People's Party

People's Party

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A former US political party that wanted more money and government control of railroads to help farmers and workers
  • proper noun
translation icon : Partido del Pueblo
  • Many historians consider the People's Party to be a precursor to later progressive movements in American politics.

Examples

  • These supporters thereby became the new pressure group, replacing the traditional supporters of the Republican People's Party who had held that role.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Although the Republican People's Party had declared itself as "leftist," it did not affect the political landscape much.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Nevertheless, since only those supporting the Republican People's Party were able to procure land and industrial benefits, the rest of the population grew resentful.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Those close to Atatürk's party—the Republican People's Party—received economic benefits.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Moreover, the regime, which was anchored around the Republican People's Party, chose not to organize itself politically in these provinces, preferring instead to rely solely on administrative rule.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The Democrats were not counter-revolutionaries; they were a breakaway faction of Atatürk's Republican People's Party, and as such were cognizant of the limits to which they could go.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Norman Pollack's The Populist Response to Industrial America: Midwestern Populist Thought (Cambridge: Harvard U P, 1962) views the People's Party as a progressive movement that would have altered the course of American history in a socialist direction.

    Academic text (1997)
  • In 1923, Nezihe Muhittin, a leading feminist at the time, initiated a Women's People's Party, but was denied permission to open it, thereby preventing her party from competing with the Republican People's Party that the Kemalist elite had simultaneously founded.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In the late 19th century, the People's Party emerged to advocate for farmers and laborers across the United States.

  • The People's Party played a significant role in the push for monetary reform and regulation of railroads.

Synonyms

Populist Party
vsPeople's Party
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A former US political party from the 1890s that supported farmers, more silver money, and government control of railroads

is the alternate historical name for that identical political organization

Surface Forms

Morphology

People's + party

The compound is compositionally built from 'people's' (possessive of people, indicating belonging or representation) + 'party' (an organized political group), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a political party representing or belonging to the people. Identifying the exact contemporary organization requires world knowledge, but the basic referential meaning is transparently derived and cross-linguistically regular.

Etymology

People's Party got its name in the late 1800s when farmers and workers formed a party 'for the people' to fight big banks and railroads. That's why the name refers to the old Populist party that tried to help ordinary people.