Difference between Populist and Libertarian

What is the difference between Populist and Libertarian?

Populist as a noun is a person who advocates democratic principles while Libertarian as a noun is one who advocates liberty either generally or on a specific issue, e.g. "civil libertarian" (in favour of civil liberties).

Populist

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who advocates democratic principles A politician who advocates specific policies just because they are popular A person who advocates populism

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Democratic Put forward just because it would be popular Of or pertaining to populism

Example sentence: Trump is a populist in the same mold as the nineteenth-century Populists who gave their name to American grassroots political movements. Historians and pundits argued themselves blue in the face over whether Populists were reactionary or progressive, but they were both.

Libertarian

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relating to the beliefs of libertarians, as in, "He has libertarian views". A relative tendency towards liberty, as in "libertarian capitalist".

Part of speech: noun

Definition: One who advocates liberty either generally or on a specific issue, e.g. "civil libertarian" (in favour of civil liberties).A believer in a political doctrine that emphasises individual liberty and a lack of governmental regulation and oversight both in matters of the economy ('free market') and in personal behavior where no one's rights are being violated or threatened. Also 'classical liberal', akin to 'anarcho-capitalist'.An anarchist, typically with socialist implications.In the philosophy branch of metaphysics, a believer in thinking beings' freedom to choose their own destiny, i.e. a believer in Free Will as opposed to those who believe the future is predetermined.a member of the Republican Party (especially a legislator) who emphasizes economic and Constitutional, rather than religious and personal, aspects of the party's platform.

Example sentence: Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.

We hope you now know whether to use Populist or Libertarian in your sentence.

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