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NATIVISM

\nˈatɪvˌɪzəm], \nˈatɪvˌɪzəm], \n_ˈa_t_ɪ_v_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\

Definitions of NATIVISM

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The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.
The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a country, in preference to immigrants from foreign countries.
The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

(philos.). Doctrine of innate ideas. So nativist (2) n.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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