Nativism
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The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a
country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries. -
Beliefs and policies favoring native-born [citizens] over [immigrants].
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The theory that concepts, mental capacities, and mental structures are innate rather than acquired by learning.
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the political idea that people who were born in a country are more important than immigrants (= people who have come to live in the country from somewhere else)
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The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.
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