Nativist - Definition

adj 1: advocating the perpetuation of native societies; "the old
nativist prejudice against the foreign businessman"; "the
nativistic faith preaches the old values"- C.K.Kluckhohn
[syn: nativist, nativistic]
2: of or relating to or advocating nativism; "nativist
theories"; "the traditional controversy between the
nativistic and empiristic theories" [syn: nativist,
nativistic]
n 1: a philosopher who subscribes to nativism