Nativism

noun

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounA policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.

2.nounThe policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.

3.nounThe doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.

4.nounA theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.

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