Populist Party
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- proper noun
- /ˈpɑpjəlɪst ˈpɑrti/
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Partido Populista
- Many of the policies promoted by the Populist Party aimed to support farmers and laborers.
Examples
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The Populist Party in 1892 had had similar success, and though the Populists were not explicitly communists or socialists, their interests certainly lay in the same direction.
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I must also make mention of those who have recently called for the Republican Party to become the Populist Party; read your history books, please.
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Is it your view that the development in this country of the Populist Party in the 1890s, followed by the Socialist Party under Eugene Debs and then the Progressive Party, created a sort of pressure on the two-party system that shifted the national political debate leftward?
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The Populist Party was created in 1891 to advocate for government control of railroads.
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In the 1896 election, the Populist Party played a crucial role in shaping political discourse in America.
Synonyms
A former US political party that wanted more money and government control of railroads to help farmers and workers
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'populist' (representing ordinary people's rights against elites) with 'party' (a political organization): a political group that advances populist ideas. This compositional pattern is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the general sense even if they may not know the historical specifics.
Etymology
The Populist Party began in the 1890s when farmers and workers who felt ignored by powerful banks and railroads joined together to demand fairer money and rules. The word populist means 'of the people', so the name shows it was a party that spoke for 'ordinary people'.