Skip to main content

nativism

/ney-ti-viz-uhm/US // ˈneɪ tɪˌvɪz əm //UK // (ˈneɪtɪˌvɪzəm) //

本土主义,原住民主义,土生土长的人,本土化

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants.
    • : the policy or practice of preserving or reviving an Indigenous culture.
    • : Philosophy. the doctrine that innate ideas exist.
    • : innateness hypothesis.

Examples

  • Texans’ use of “Come and take it” in their fight against Mexico added a new layer of nativism to the original legend, and the Alamo siege reinforced its connections to martyrdom.

  • So I reached out to Ackerman for a forthcoming episode of Vox Conversations to talk about how the war on terror upended American politics and set us on a glide path to nativism and lawlessness.

  • Deep traditions of racism and nativism found many Americans receptive, even as the United States prepared to fight against them overseas.

  • As history education in American K-12 schools was formalized in the late 19th century, during a period of nativism and nostalgia, the idea that such classes should inspire patriotism became more widespread.

  • This is a particularly gross bit of nativism, but it's also dumb.

  • The relatively lax immigration policy of the early 20th century gave way to rabid nativism in the 1920s.

  • While American nativism and anti-Semitism declined after World War II, so did the overt Jewishness of Superman.

  • But last I checked, neither Jean-Marie Le Pen, Filip Dewinter nor Joe Arpaio learned their nativism from reading Jabotinsky.

  • Except in city politics nativism had no vitality; in state and national politics it really had no excuse.

  • Its only real contribution to government was the proof that nativism is not Americanism.

  • They repudiated nativism; they repudiated independence; they abhorred the very idea of annexation.

  • These great companies especially promote the patriotism of Great Britain, but they are controlled by no narrow nativism.

  • The Old West raised the issues of nativism and a lower standard of comfort.