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nativism

[ney-ti-viz-uhm]

noun

  1. the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.

  2. the policy or practice of preserving or reviving an Indigenous culture.

  3. Philosophy.the doctrine that innate ideas exist.

  4. innateness hypothesis.



nativism

/ ˈԱɪɪˌɪə /

noun

  1. the policy of favouring the natives of a country over the immigrants

  2. anthropol the policy of protecting and reaffirming native tribal cultures in reaction to acculturation

  3. the doctrine that the mind and its capacities are innately structured and that much knowledge is innate

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Other Word Forms

  • nativist noun
  • ˈԲپ noun
  • ˌԲپˈپ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of nativism1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; native + -ism
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Example Sentences

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And of course, those Trump supporters have ignored or otherwise put aside many of the most troubling dimensions of Trumpism, such as racism, nativism, sexism and wanton cruelty.

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The economic chaos Trump has unleashed, together with Trump's nativism, racism and the violence that is being visited upon Latinos as part of the mass deportations, is pushing them away from Trump.

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Another case study, reckon some who know the Prime Minister's mind, of an instinct for a sliver of economic nativism.

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At the same time, Young said, his anecdote about family graveyards and homeland suggests another political tendency - a "disturbing undertone of nativism".

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The plan seems more rooted in nativism, xenophobia and ethno- and Christian nationalism than in the core values and priorities of Jesus.

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