populist appeal

collocation in English

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populist
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒp.jə.lɪst/us
/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɪst/
trying to be popular with ordinary people and to represent their ideas ...
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appeal
noun
uk
/əˈpiːl/us
/əˈpiːl/
a request to the public for money, information, ...
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(Definition ofpopulistandappealfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpopulist appeal

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The measure was also a clearpopulistappealto merchants who resented the domination over rural wage earners by plantation stores.
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Yet, on another level, charities offered a morally based andpopulistappealto both donors and recipients which stimulated greater levels of class cohesion.
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What emerges after all the headline-creating rhetoric of his speeches, for it is always thispopulistappealwhich gets headlines?
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It would have been easy for people to try to make apopulistappeal.
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That may have somepopulistappeal, but it raises some fundamental questions in theory and in practice.
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It would be a cheap and simple piece of legislation for the first 100 days, with possibly somepopulistappeal, but we do not know that yet.
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Yet as we adjust to the new global environment we must avoid thepopulistappealof protectionist measures which are at best a short-term panacea for long-term ills.
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With itspopulistappealthe party had been able to get the support from farmers and non-farmers, even from urban areas.
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With itspopulistappealthe party had also been able to get support from small business owners in urban areas.
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He was elected to office onpopulistappeal.
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It presents the targets of the populist appeals used by nineteenth- and twentiethcentur y presidents.
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The strong sales were seen as reflection of hispopulistappealto a middle-class white male demographic who compose a large part of the fan base of his show.
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Harris believed that the ordinary nature of some of the album's songs turned out to be part of its deeplypopulistappeal.
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Harrison, who died after one month in office, employed two populist appeals in his inaugural address.
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