(chiefly, US) A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
2/ in 2026 Nazi/Fascist is short-hand for Neo-Fascists, people who usually promote all or some of the following: ultranationalism, ultraconservatism, racial supremacy, right-wing populism, authoritarianism, nativism,…
Wow he's really going micro on nativism huh
(chiefly, US) A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
To understand just how rare, look back into history to, say, the Johnson Act of 1924. Its national-origins quota system reverberated with nativism and racism.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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Aboriginal to a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.).
An aboriginal inhabitant of a colonized region, especially one colonized by English-speaking people. (Compare native, which is more general.).
A more extreme form of patriotism; the idea of a more extreme support for one's country, people or culture.
The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
If there is to be another iteration of a Trump presidency, or a successful campaign by one of his acolytes, the scientific denial may be dialed down somewhat while retaining the reflex nativism.
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(countable) A cultural element that is native to a colonised country.
The Columbian Exchange was proof like no other of how, when it comes to food, so often the venue of our greatest nativisms, we, as human beings, easily slip the ties of belonging.
“2/ in 2026 Nazi/Fascist is short-hand for Neo-Fascists, people who usually promote all or some of the following: ultranationalism, ultraconservatism, racial supremacy, right-wing populism, authoritarianism, nativism, xenophobia, and anti-immigration sentiment. 3/”
“Wow he's really going micro on nativism huh”
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