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nativist

Variant of nativism

noun

  1. the practice or policy of favoring native-born citizens as against immigrants
  2. the revival or preservation of a native culture
  3. the theory in philosophy, psychology, and linguistics that certain ideas or capacities are innate and form the basis for moral judgment, the acquiring of knowledge and language, etc.

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