Nativism

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nativism \Na"tiv*ism\, n.
     1. The disposition to favor the native inhabitants of a
        country, in preference to immigrants from foreign
        countries.
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     2. (Philos.) The doctrine of innate ideas, or that the mind
        possesses forms of thought independent of sensation.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nativism
       n 1: the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to
            acculturation)
       2: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are
          innate