Populism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Populism \Pop"u*lism\, n. (U. S. Politics)
     The political doctrines advocated by the People's party.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  populism
       n : the political doctrine that supports the rights and powers
           of the common people in their struggle with the
           privileged elite