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Adjective: nativist  'ney-ti,vist
  1. Advocating the perpetuation of native societies
    "the old nativist prejudice against the foreign businessman";
    - nativistic
     
  2. Of or relating to or advocating nativism
    "nativist theories";
    - nativistic
Noun: nativist  'ney-ti,vist
  1. A philosopher who subscribes to nativism

Derived forms: nativists

Type of: philosopher

Encyclopedia: Nativist