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nativism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nativism \Na"tiv*ism\, n. 1. The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries. 2. (Philos.) The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nativism n 1: the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation) 2: the philosophical doctrine that some ideas are innate
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