| popular front |
a political coalition of various leftist and centrist parties struggling against fascism and promoting social reform. |
| popularity |
the condition or fact of being widely liked or admired. |
| popularize |
to make generally known, liked, or understandable. |
| popular sovereignty |
the doctrine that a state is subject to the will of the people who comprise that state. |
| popular vote |
in the U.S., the vote for a President as participated in by the voters themselves, as opposed to the vote carried out by the electoral college. [2 definitions] |
| populate |
to be residents of; inhabit. [2 definitions] |
| populated |
being inhabited by people. |
| population |
the collective human inhabitants of an area. [4 definitions] |
| population explosion |
a great expansion in a biological population, esp. of humans in the twentieth century, resulting from a continued high birth rate combined with a decrease in child mortality and an increase in longevity. |
| populism |
a political philosophy that champions the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. |
| populist |
a person, esp. a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. [5 definitions] |
| populous |
having a large or dense population. |
| pop-up |
of, concerning, having, or being a part or device that pops up or causes something to pop up. [6 definitions] |
| pop up |
to appear suddenly or quickly. [2 definitions] |
| porcelain |
a white, glassy ceramic; china. [3 definitions] |
| porcelainize |
to coat with or make with porcelain or a similar substance. |
| porch |
an open platform, often with a roof, that serves as the back or front entrance of a house. [2 definitions] |
| porcine |
of, pertaining to, or like swine or pigs. |
| porcupine |
any of several large rodents covered with long, stiff, sharp quills. |
| pore1 |
to study or read with care and attention (usu. fol. by "over"). [3 definitions] |
| pore2 |
a tiny opening in the outer surface of a plant or animal through which air, water, sweat, or the like may pass out or in. [2 definitions] |