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Humanistic vs Populist - What's the difference?

humanistic | populist |

As adjectives the difference between humanistic and populist

is that humanistic is of or pertaining to humanism while populist is democratic.

As a noun populist is

a person who advocates democratic principles.

humanistic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Of or pertaining to humanism.

    • populist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who advocates democratic principles
  • A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular
  • A person who advocates populism
  • * 2013 , Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 January 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/02/argentina-britain-hand-back-falklands]
    • Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Democratic
  • (of a political policy) Put forward just because it would be popular
  • Of or pertaining to populism

    • Alternative forms

    * (Bosnia, Serbia ): (l)

    Noun

    • Declension

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