nativist
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- adjective
- /ˈneɪtɪvɪst/
- Offensive
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nativista
- The politician's nativist policies focused on protecting the rights of native residents over those of newcomers.
- nativist movement
- nativist hostility
- nativist and anti
So George Bush did not see coming the nativist element in his own party that was very much opposed to immigration reform.
- So George Bush did not see coming the nativist element in his own party that was very much opposed to immigration reform.
- Not in a, which some people would describe as some sort of xenophobic, nativist white supremacist.
- And there and then what you just said or what I just said, they have a deterrent effort that that would be called racist or nativist or xenophobic.
Examples
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Undoubtedly, the continuance of strong nativist sentiment during wartime impeded the development of the repeal campaign.
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The Knights were ably assisted in the effort to confront nativist assaults by the Catholic press.
Academic text (1996) -
Just reacting to the nativist forces of reaction here is not going to cut it.
Blog text (5) -
So George Bush did not see coming the nativist element in his own party that was very much opposed to immigration reform.
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I'm offering to form an alliance with you against Bill Cutting... ...and his slate of Nativist candidates.
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Large flows of immigrants, however, often trigger nativist backlash.
Academic text (2002) -
The issues of nativist hostility, ethnic group identification, and assimilation have been the subject of a rich literature.
Academic text (1999) -
While nativist reactions have been explored, intergroup relations are often ignored or treated superficially.
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Historians long interpreted such nativist lack of confidence in the assimilative power of America as pathological and ethnocentric.
Academic text (1992) -
Lastly, echoes of the "unwelcome invasion" of Chinese and Japanese immigration were heard in nativist rhetoric focusing on the high birthrates of Southern and Eastern Europeans.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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Showing strong support for one's country and its interests
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A person who supports only their own group and ignores outsiders
Treating people from one ethnic group better or worse than others
How Nativist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nativist comes from the Latin word nativus, from natus which means 'born', and is the same root as the English word native. Think of a nativist as someone who wants to protect people who were 'born' in a country rather than newcomers.