sadopopulism
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sado- + populism, coined by historian Timothy Snyder, then influenced by earlier terms and concepts like "political sadism".
Noun
[edit]sadopopulism
- A political strategy or occurrence in which a leader appeals to people by harming them but making them believe that people they hate are at fault and/or are being harmed worse.
- 2019 November 5, Fintan O'Toole, The Politics of Pain: Postwar England and the Rise of Nationalism, Liveright Publishing, →ISBN:
- […] 'sadopopulism', in which people are willing to inflict pain on themselves so long as they can believe that, in the same moment, they are making their enemies hurt more: […]'