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nativism

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8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted aiimnstvStarts with NEnds with M0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From native + -ism.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • They were targeted by a virulent strain of nativism toward those from Southern and Eastern Europe that was largely about race.

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