nativism
[ney-ti-viz-uh m]
- the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
- the policy or practice of preserving or reviving an indigenous culture.
- Philosophy. the doctrine that innate ideas exist.
- innateness hypothesis.
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Origin of nativism
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Examples from the Web for nativism
Contemporary Examples
While American nativism and anti-Semitism declined after World War II, so did the overt Jewishness of Superman.
But last I checked, neither Jean-Marie Le Pen, Filip Dewinter nor Joe Arpaio learned their nativism from reading Jabotinsky.
Historical Examples
When the fight with nativism was over, the Irish were in possession of the cities.
Our ForeignersSamuel P. Orth
The Old West raised the issues of nativism and a lower standard of comfort.
The Frontier in American HistoryFrederick Jackson Turner
Its only real contribution to government was the proof that nativism is not Americanism.
nativism
- mainly US the policy of favouring the natives of a country over the immigrants
- anthropol the policy of protecting and reaffirming native tribal cultures in reaction to acculturation
- the doctrine that the mind and its capacities are innately structured and that much knowledge is innate
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Word Origin and History for nativism
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