nativist
1
8.6
- adjective
- /ˈneɪtɪvɪst/
- Offensive
:
nativista
- Many argue that the rise of nativist sentiments can be traced back to economic uncertainty.
- nativist view
I'm getting dragged up and down for my for my nativist English speaking myopia and that I want door open and door closed spelled out.
- I'm getting dragged up and down for my for my nativist English speaking myopia and that I want door open and door closed spelled out.
Examples
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Ahmad's nativist agenda has repeatedly brought him into conflict with the crown and the government, and because I have worked closely with him since 1989, I have often felt equally close to the "danger zone" of Jordanian politics.
Academic text (2000) -
Instead, it has raised some legitimate concerns and provoked a nativist backlash.
Academic text (2008) -
The war in Afghanistan is both nativist and sectarian.
Academic text (2011) -
Another nativist writer, Lewis Levin, vested the principle of religious liberty in the very text that Philadelphia schools.
Academic text (2005) -
Most Chicagoans were not so overtly nativist, and ethnic Chicagoans continued to celebrate American holidays in their own inimitable ways.
Academic text (2000) -
Beijing watched with trepidation as Chen emerged victorious in 2000, because he was widely considered a pro-independence candidate from a nativist Taiwan party.
Academic text (2014) -
A reactionary nativist position may be identified in, for example, so-called Shona sculpture, with its somewhat fabricated traditionalism and its appeal to the vestiges of the colonial market.
Academic text (1993) -
The politician's nativist policies aimed to prioritize the needs of citizens over immigrants.
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The organization promotes a nativist agenda that emphasizes the benefits of native-born residents.
Synonyms
15
6.7
Someone who feels strong pride in a country and thinks that country is better than others
2
8.5
Thinking one's own people or culture are better than others
Believing that traits or ideas are native and present from birth while resisting outside influence
How Nativist
- Offensive
11
9.1
16
7.2
- Offensive
1
8.6
152
3.4
88
4.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nativist comes from Latin nativus and natus meaning 'born', and this root also appears in the English word innate. So when something is called nativist in ideas or theories, it means the view thinks certain skills are 'inborn' rather than learned.