Definition of "nativism" []

• A sociopolitical policy, especially in the United States in the 19th century, favoring the interests of established inhabitants over those of immigrants. (noun)
• The reestablishment or perpetuation of native cultural traits, especially in opposition to acculturation. (noun)
• Philosophy The doctrine that the mind produces ideas that are not derived from external sources. (noun)

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• "The Post that worries that “Mr. Goode was evidently napping in class the day they taught the traditional American values of tolerance, diversity and religious freedom,” but point out that his “dimwitted outburst of nativism is nothing new.”"
• "Mr. Goode's dimwitted outburst of nativism is nothing new."
• "He would not have understood the word nativism, hell I never heard of it until today."