nativist

  • (a) advocating the perpetuation of native societies
    • the old nativist prejudice against the foreign businessman
    • "the nativistic faith preaches the old values"- C.K.Kluckhohn
    nativistic,
  • (a) of or relating to or advocating nativism
    • nativist theories
    • the traditional controversy between the nativistic and empiristic theories
    nativistic,

Nouns

  • (n) a philosopher who subscribes to nativism

Synonyms

nativistic

Words of close approximity

nativism
nativism Nativity
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