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- noun Any
political doctrine chosen to appeal to a majority of theelectorate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun music adapted to the understanding and taste of the majority
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Examples
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An increased trend towards moral relativism and pragmatic values will encourage people to seek the 'sanctuary provided by more rigid belief systems, including religious orthodoxy and doctrinaire political ideologies, such as popularism and Marxism'. [
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Mike Rivero 2010
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What this shows is again that Labour play up to popularism concerns.
Bonuses, banking, regulation blah blah blah… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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You are right about the grievances they the BNP highlightm but it is popularism without any real policies at putting it right.
My ancestors would be turning in their graves at the BNP's distortion of the reasons why they fought and died for Britain Norfolk Blogger 2009
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It is popularism to only talk of the bonus reform, however, just because it is popularism does not mean it does not need to be implemented.
The City is the talk of the town… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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There is a great deal of dumb-it-down popularism in this nation.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The William F. Buckley Clause of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 2010
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They exaggerate things like this to try and make a claim for popularism support, blaming the individuals for their problems instead of looking at the structural problems in society.
Smith helps show what the Tories really are… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings… 2009
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Lavish displays of wealth are common in Indian politics, which is all about power, popularism and sycophancy.
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There is a great deal of dumb-it-down popularism in this nation.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The William F. Buckley Clause of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 2010
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We are going through the popularism (sic) of politics in Japan.
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Instead we have elected a man with a myopic, if not destructive, popularism that borrows from all the worst attributes of the nanny state while superficially attempting to camouflage his Obama-esque inclination for class warfare against his own core constituency.
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