populism

Etymology

noun

1. (philosophy) A political doctrine or philosophy that proposes that the rights and powers of ordinary people are exploited by a privileged elite, and supports their struggle to overcome this.
2. (derogatory) The practice of appealing to the interests of the common people.
   It is not crass populism or majoritanianism that ratifies the legitimacy of the polity or the administration. 2006, Prasanta Chakravarty, Like Parchment in the Fire, page 104