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Meaning of nativism

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

nativism

noun

Definitions

  1. A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.

  2. The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.

  3. The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.

  4. A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.