Word Study
nativist
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nativist has 1 sense
- nativist(n = noun.person) Array - a philosopher who subscribes to nativism; Array is a kind of philosopher
Derived form noun nativism2
Adjective nativist has 2 senses
- nativist(a = adj.pert) nativistic - advocating the perpetuation of native societies; "the old nativist prejudice against the foreign businessman"; "the nativistic faith preaches the old values"
- nativist(a = adj.pert) nativistic - of or relating to or advocating nativism; "nativist theories"; "the traditional controversy between the nativistic and empiristic theories"
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