pseudopopulist

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adjective

Apparently but not actually populist.

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Meanings

adjectivepseudopopulist (comparative more pseudopopulist, superlative most pseudopopulist)

comparative more pseudopopulist · superlative most pseudopopulist

  1. Apparently but not actually populist.

    The Sewanee Review said of him, "He participated in all the claptrap of mid-century middlebrow liberalism, blending invocations to democracy, pseudopopulist jargon, and commercialized aesthetics in a souffle heavily flavored with cliche.

    1988 June 10, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Sandburg and Steichen”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016

Origin

From pseudo- + populist.

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APA

pseudopopulist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudopopulist

MLA

“pseudopopulist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudopopulist. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudopopulist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudopopulist.

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