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noun
A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A cultural element that is native to a colonised country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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noun
A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
noun
the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: social policy
History
Etymology tree English native Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English nativism From native + -ism.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
