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Nativism

noun

The policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation).

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate.

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"Nativism" Quotes from Famous Books

... October 27th, 1874, brought its heaviest artillery to bear on the members of the Canada First party. It accused them of lack of courage and frankness. When brought to book as to their principles, it said, they repudiated everything. They repudiated nativism; they repudiated independence; they abhorred the very idea of annexation. The movement was without meaning when judged by these repudiations, but was very significant and involved grave practical issues when judged by the practices of its members. They ...

— George Brown • John Lewis

... citizen of the world, the celebrated author of 'Common Sense.'" Had he been a man of fortune or American-born, he might have reached a place in the foremost rank of the Fathers of the Country. But nativism was powerful, and position important at that time, as Lee and Gates and even Hamilton himself experienced. The signature, "Common Sense," Paine preserved through life. It became what our authorlings, who ought to know better, will persist in ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 25, November, 1859 • Various

Words linked to "Nativism" : philosophical doctrine, philosophy, nativistic, philosophical theory, social policy, nativist