A political movement or ideology associated with William Jennings Bryan, a late 19th/early 20th-century American politician who championed populist causes.
Bryanism is derived from the surname Bryan plus the suffix '-ism' denoting a system of beliefs or ideological movement. William Jennings Bryan was a prominent figure in American politics, and his name became associated with a particular strand of American populism. The term allows historians to reference the political movement associated with a specific leader.
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