pseudopopulist

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ populist.

Adjective

pseudopopulist (comparative more pseudopopulist, superlative most pseudopopulist)

1. Apparently but not actually populist.
   • 1988 June 10, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Sandburg and Steichen”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     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.