Purist vs Populist - What's the difference?
purist | populist |
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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]
Democratic
(of a political policy) Put forward just because it would be popular
Of or pertaining to populism
As adjectives the difference between purist and populist
is that purist is of or pertaining to purism while populist is democratic.As nouns the difference between purist and populist
is that purist is an advocate of purism while populist is a person who advocates democratic principles.purist
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*populist
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(en noun)- Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.