Example sentences for: populism

How can you use “populism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Drawing on the traditions of the Scots-Irish settlers of Appalachia and the Ozarks, Highland Southern populism encourages a tribal approach to politics and rewards leaders who are flamboyant and bellicose.

  • I didn't like the way he sold out his own legacy of decent, moderate Republicanism for an ersatz, anti-government populism.

  • Instead of leading the way on entitlement reform, Clinton may return to the sort of middle-class populism he expressed during his last campaign--with perhaps an extra dollop of pandering.

  • Museum populism began with an unlikely figure: a patrician medievalist by the name of Thomas Hoving, who was the director of the Met from 1967 to 1977.

  • In an age when celebrity-worship is religion and populism is the dominant political ideology, the tabs are pariahs no longer.


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