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nativistic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective nativistic has 2 senses
- nativistic(a = adj.pert) nativist - advocating the perpetuation of native societies; "the old nativist prejudice against the foreign businessman"; "the nativistic faith preaches the old values" Derived form noun nativism1
- nativistic(a = adj.pert) nativist - of or relating to or advocating nativism; "nativist theories"; "the traditional controversy between the nativistic and empiristic theories" Derived form noun nativism2
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