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nativism

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Noun

  1. A policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over immigrants.
  2. The policy of perpetuating the culture of the natives of a colonised country.
  3. A cultural element that is native to a colonised country.
  4. The doctrine that some skills or abilities are innate and not learned.
  5. A theory that some knowledge of grammar is innate.

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