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Nativism

A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.

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noun

1
A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
2
The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
3
The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
4
A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.

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empiricismnoun	(philosophy) A doctrine which holds that the only or, at least, the most reliable source of human knowledge is experience, especially perception by means of the physical senses. (Often contrasted with rationalism.)
immigrationismnoun	A policy that favours immigration.
antinativismnoun	opposition to nativism
reservationismnoun	India's system of reserving seats in government and in higher educational institutions for certain underprivileged groups.
native-speakerismnoun	Attitudes to language that prioritize the norms and standards of native speakers.
antinationalismnoun	(politics) opposition to nationalism
nonimportationnoun	A policy of refusing to import goods; especially the policy in 18th-century colonial America of preventing imports from Britain
usonianismnoun	(rare) The philosophical ideal of Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian architecture.
indigenismnoun	Any of various sociopolitical ideologies promoting the interests of indigenous peoples.
pronationalistnoun	A supporter of nationalism.
nationalitarianismnoun	(politics) Support for an inclusive concept of nationhood that embraces all members of a society and not just a dominant elite.
ethnocentrismnoun	The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
innatistnoun	(philosophy) A supporter of innatism.
integrativismnoun	A policy of integration.
exclusionismnoun	A policy or ideology that favors exclusion of some individuals or groups from a nation, sect, etc.
national conservatismnoun	A nationalist variant of conservatism that concentrates on upholding national and cultural identity, in particular family values, while opposing multiculturalism, immigration, and globalization.
americanismnoun	A custom peculiar to the United States or the Americans.
eliminationismnoun	Advocacy of, or a policy of, elimination (of a certain race of people, etc.).
economic nationalismnoun	Economic policies that favour the home nation, sometimes at the expense of other nations.
expulsionismnoun	The belief that foreigners should be expelled.