Thesaurus: nativism

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1. n. The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.
2. n. The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.
3. n. the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation)
4. n. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate
5. 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.
6. The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses formsof thought independent of sensation.
7. n:100 n. the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation) n. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate