nativism

1. (US, countable, uncountable)A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.

   the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation)

2. (countable, uncountable)The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.

3. (countable)A cultural element that is native to a colonised country.

4. (countable, uncountable)The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.

5. (countable, uncountable)A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.

   (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate

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