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TOPIK 5noun

포퓰리즘

popyullijeum

포퓰리즘이 · 포퓰리즘을

populism

Example

선거철마다 포퓰리즘 공약이 쏟아집니다.

Populist campaign pledges pour out every election season.

Word parts

From English 'populism'; in Korean it is almost always critical.

Good to know

Korean news uses it for crowd-pleasing handout policies, close to 선심성 정책.