Meaning of nativism | Babel Free

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“To understand⟳ just how rare, look⟳ back into history to, say⟳, the Johnson Act of 1924. Its national-origins quota system reverberated with nativism and racism.”

“If there is to be another iteration of a Trump presidency, or a successful campaign by one of his acolytes, the scientific denial may be dialed down somewhat while retaining the reflex nativism.”

“They were targeted by a virulent strain⟳ of nativism toward those from Southern and Eastern Europe that was largely about race⟳.”

“The Columbian Exchange⟳ was proof like⟳ no other of how, when it comes to food, so often the venue of our greatest nativisms, we, as human beings, easily slip⟳ the ties of belonging.”

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