Nativist Definition & Meaning
nativist
- adjective
- advocating the perpetuation of native societies; "the old nativist prejudice against the foreign businessman"; "the nativistic faith preaches the old values"- C.K.Kluckhohn
- of or relating to or advocating nativism; "nativist theories"; "the traditional controversy between the nativistic and empiristic theories"
- noun
- a philosopher who subscribes to nativism
Words that rhyme with nativist
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