• The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a
    country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.


    Nativism meaning & definition 1 of Nativism.


  • Beliefs and policies favoring native-born [citizens] over [immigrants].

    Nativism meaning & definition 2 of Nativism.


  • The theory that concepts, mental capacities, and mental structures are innate rather than acquired by learning.

    Nativism meaning & definition 3 of Nativism.


  • 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)

    Nativism meaning & definition 4 of Nativism.


  • The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

    Nativism meaning & definition 5 of Nativism.

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