Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - populist

(populists) If you describe a politician or an artist as populist, you mean that they claim to care about the interests and opinions of ordinary people rather than those of a small group. (FORMAL) ...Jose Sarney, the current populist president... ? elitist ADJ: usu ADJ n • A populist is someone who expresses populist views. ? elitist N-COUNT