NATIVISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nativism mean? 

• NATIVISM (noun)
  The noun NATIVISM has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: NATIVISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NATIVISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("nativism" is a kind of...):

social policy (a policy of for dealing with social issues)

Derivation:

nativistic (advocating the perpetuation of native societies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("nativism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Domain category:

philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Derivation:

nativist (a philosopher who subscribes to nativism)

nativistic (of or relating to or advocating nativism)