English Explanatory Dictionary

nativism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
  2. The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
  3. A cultural element that is native to a colonised country.
  4. The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
  5. A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.

Word forms

nativism nativisms

Etymology

From native + -ism.

Related words

antinativist native-speakerism nativist

Derived words

antinativism

Translations

Dutch: nativisme Finnish: nativismi French: nativisme German: Nativismus Greek: νατιβισμός Italian: nativismo Portuguese: nativismo Russian: нативи́зм Spanish: nativismo
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